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Economic History of the European Energy Industry
Global climate change and the war in Ukraine have put energy back on the agenda for Europe in a way that has not been seen since the oil crisis of the 1970s. But the economics and business of supplying energy to Europe has a long and rich history going back to the nineteenth century. This book explores changes in energy markets, strategies, firms and investments during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The primary focus is on manufactured gas—the gas that was initially produced from coal distillation until new ways of manufacturing gas emerged after the Second World War. The expert contributors to this volume draw on their extensive research and utilise primary sources to explore a w...
The Persistence of Violence
Why is Colombia so violent? Beyond even the horrors of the conflict between the guerrilla, the paramilitary, and the government, the history of the nation is scarred by acts of violence. It has also been marked by resistance to that history--by moments of hope.The Persistence of Violence transcends the obvious places as sources and indices of this story, delving into the complex and conflicted world of popular culture, from football to television to tourism to the environment.
Spain Transformed
Spain Transformed addresses the sweeping social and cultural changes that characterized the late Franco regime. This wide-ranging collection reassesses the dictatorship's latter years by drawing on a wealth of new material and ideas, using an interdisciplinary approach.
Tourism and Dictatorship
Following WWII, the authoritarian and morally austere dictatorship of General Francisco Franco's Spain became the playground for millions of carefree tourists from Europe's prosperous democracies. This book chronicles how this helped to strengthen Franco's regime and economic and political standing.
Mineral Springs Resorts in Global Perspective
Spa resorts were a favoured destination for affluent seekers after health and comfortable leisure in opulent surroundings from the seventeenth to the twentieth century, although in the railway age they began to suffer from competition from new fashions in leisure and tourism, especially the seaside holiday. During their heyday the leading spa resorts became hotbeds of political and diplomatic intrigue, and gathering-points for high society. As such, they also became important businesses, and distinctive, carefully-managed urban environments. ‘Taking the waters’ at a mineral springs resort fell into eclipse over much of the Western world in the mid-twentieth century, only to revive in mor...
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El carlismo
Este volumen presenta los resultados del estudio bibliométrico realizado a partir de la bibliografía publicada sobre el carlismo entre los años 1973 y 2005. Dicho repertorio recoge 2.059 referencias de las monografías, compilaciones, artículos de revistas, actas de congresos y tesis doctorales aparecidas en ese periodo de tiempo.
Spain is (still) Different
"Spain Is (Still) Different introduces readers to issues concerning the cultural function of tourism in Spain. An international team of scholars addresses both theoretical perspectives on the study of tourism in Spain and specific cases of the cultural impact of travel and tourism on Spanish culture in the late eighteenth to early twenty-first centuries.
Història del Sindicat d’Iniciativa i Turisme de Tarragona (1910-2010)
Les següents pàgines expliquen de forma detallada com el Sindicat d’Iniciativa i Turisme de Tarragona, amb l’ajut de les entitats públiques, fou l’encarregat de fomentar el turisme i, mitjançant tasques discretes però constants, fomentar les belleses de la ciutat. L’autor lliga l’evolució de la societat amb la del nostre país i entrellaça la història amb l’estat del Sindicat des de la seva creació fins al centenari de l’entitat.
