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Spain, Europe, and the 'Spanish Miracle', 1700–1900 by David R Ringrose; NetLibrary, Inc is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Spain, Europe, and the 'Spanish Miracle', 1700–1900 about?

David Ringrose here re-examines the history of Spain in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He challenges the pessimism of prevailing assumptions about Spanish history, and its conventional separation into pre- and post-Napoleonic eras. Spain, Europe, and the'Spanish Miracle', 1700–1900 also questions the importance of the empire for Spain's own economy, suggesting instead that Spain evolved as part of Europe; indeed, some of the recently documented modernisation of the nineteenth century was already well under way in the eighteenth. In addition, the emergence of a governing élite closely tied to provincial society is placed in the context of traditional networks of patronage based upon close-knit family ties. Such a perspective makes the transitions of the 1930s and 1970s easier to explain. This important and challenging book will change our understanding of the history of modern Spain.

Author

David R Ringrose; NetLibrary, Inc

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

1996

Language

EN

ISBN

9780511000973

Subjects

Business, History, Economics