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Catalonia Since the Spanish Civil War
Andrew Dowling
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Description for Catalonia Since the Spanish Civil War
Hardcover. Examines the transformation of the Catalan nation in socio-economic, political and historical terms, and offers an interpretation of the determinants of its nationalist mobilisation. This title traces the Francoist repression and the nationalist response to it. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJH; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJD; HBLW; HBLX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
This book examines the transformation of the Catalan nation in socio-economic, political and historical terms, and offers an innovative interpretation of the determinants of its nationalist mobilisation. With Franco's and Spanish nationalism's victory in 1939, and the consolidation of a long-lasting dictatorship, it appeared certain that the Catalan national movement would be crushed. Yet, this did not happen and Catalan nationalism and identity re-emerged at the end of Franco's dictatorship in 1975 more firmly rooted than before. The core of this book traces the Francoist repression and the nationalist response to it, demonstrating how new political actors reconfigured Catalan nationalism ... Read more
This book examines the transformation of the Catalan nation in socio-economic, political and historical terms, and offers an innovative interpretation of the determinants of its nationalist mobilisation. With Franco's and Spanish nationalism's victory in 1939, and the consolidation of a long-lasting dictatorship, it appeared certain that the Catalan national movement would be crushed. Yet, this did not happen and Catalan nationalism and identity re-emerged at the end of Franco's dictatorship in 1975 more firmly rooted than before. The core of this book traces the Francoist repression and the nationalist response to it, demonstrating how new political actors reconfigured Catalan nationalism ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Brighton, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781845195304
SKU
V9781845195304
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About Andrew Dowling
Andrew Dowling is a lecturer in Catalan and Spanish history at Cardiff University. He researches on the contemporary history of Catalonia. He is the author of various articles in these areas including Convergencia i Unio, Catalonia and the new Catalanism in Sebastian Balfour (ed.), The Politics of Contemporary Spain (Routledge, 2005) and has published in journals including the ... Read more
Reviews for Catalonia Since the Spanish Civil War
Andrew Dowling not only offers one of the few overarching accounts in English of Catalan nationalism, but he also presents important new research on the resurrection of the nationalist movement under the Franco dictatorship, in addition to incorporating the very latest exchanges in the ongoing debate on the future of Catalonia.
From the Preface by Spanish History series editor, ... Read more
From the Preface by Spanish History series editor, ... Read more