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Alcalá Zamora and the Failure of the Spanish Republic, 19311936 (Studies in Spanish History)
Stanley G. Payne
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Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJG; BGH; HBWP; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
The Second Spanish Republic (193136) was the only new liberal democratic regime to emerge in Europe during the 1930s. Historians, however, have focused primarily on the Civil War of 193639 that followed, devoting much less attention to the parliamentary regime that preceded it. This book deals with the history and failure of the democratic polity in Spain through a detailed examination of the initiatives of its president, Niceto Alcala Zamora. As civil servant, lawyer, politician and writer, by 1931 he had become one of the most successful men of Spain. He played the leading role in the downfall of the ... Read more
The Second Spanish Republic (193136) was the only new liberal democratic regime to emerge in Europe during the 1930s. Historians, however, have focused primarily on the Civil War of 193639 that followed, devoting much less attention to the parliamentary regime that preceded it. This book deals with the history and failure of the democratic polity in Spain through a detailed examination of the initiatives of its president, Niceto Alcala Zamora. As civil servant, lawyer, politician and writer, by 1931 he had become one of the most successful men of Spain. He played the leading role in the downfall of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
200
Place of Publication
Brighton, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845198589
SKU
V9781845198589
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About Stanley G. Payne
Stanley G. Payne's most recent authored books include Franco: A Personal and Political Biography (with Jesus Palacios) (Wisconsin, 2014); The Spanish Civil War (Cambridge, 2012); and Civil War in Europe, 19051949 (Cambridge, 2011). He is the recipient of the Elizabeth Steinberg Prize (University of Wisconsin Press, 2004); the Marshall Shulman Prize (American Association for Advancement of Slavic Studies, 2005); ... Read more
Reviews for Alcalá Zamora and the Failure of the Spanish Republic, 19311936 (Studies in Spanish History)
It is fortunate that Alcala Zamora should have such a distinguished historian as Payne to analyze his career In this short but penetrating biography, Payne examines Alcala Zamoras contribution to the collapse of the Republic. Juliuz Ruiz, University of Edinburgh, American Historical Review, December 2018