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Military Entrepreneurs and the Spanish Contractor State in the Eighteenth Century
Military Entrepreneurs and the Spanish Contractor State in the Eighteenth Century offers a new approach to the relationship between warfare and state construction. Historians looking at how war funding impinged on state development, and how state growth made wars more significant, have tended to downplay the role of military-provisioning entrepreneurs. Written off as corrupt and selfish, these entrepreneurs jarred with the received view of a rationally growing and modernising state. This volume shows that the state-entrepreneur relationship was much more fluid and constant than previously thought. The state was not able to enforce a top-down military supply policy; at the same time it benefi...
Eighteenth-Century Naval Officers
This book surveys the lives and careers of naval officers across Europe at the height of the age of sail. It traces the professionalization of naval officers by exploring their preparation for life at sea and the challenges they faced while in command. It also demonstrates the uniqueness of the maritime experience, as long voyages and isolation at sea cemented their bond with naval officers across Europe while separating them from landlubbers. It depicts, in a way no previous study has, the parameters of their shared experiences—both the similarities that crossed national boundaries and connected officers, and the differences that can only be seen from an international perspective.
La prisión y las instituciones punitivas en la investigación histórica
La Historia Social de las Instituciones Punitivas está necesitada en España de encuentro y debate, de confrontación y colaboración entre investigadores e investigadoras. Solo así logrará hacerse visible e inteligible como tendencia historiográfica y sobre todo como apuesta teórico-metodológica, porque de hecho ya es más que creíble como práctica historiográfica. Aquí, en este libro, junto a los logros también se perfilan las carencias y los retos más acuciantes. Lejos de buscar una autonomía extemporánea, la Historia Social de las Instituciones Punitivas quiere buscar su propia viabilidad a base de intersecciones y buenas mezclas. Esos objetivos se planteaba el Grupo de Est...
Modern Spain
Modern Spain: 1808 to the Present is a comprehensive overview of Spanish history from the Napoleonic era to the present day. Places a large emphasis on Spain's place within broader European and global history The chronological political narrative is enriched by separate chapters on long term economic, social and cultural developments This presentation of modern Spanish history incorporates the latest thinking on key issues of modernity, social movements, nationalism, democratization and democracy
Music and Modernity in Enlightenment Spain
By showing how music intersected with wider cultural affairs, such as philosophy and criticism, this book connects music and the modern in eighteenth-century Spain within the context of Enlightenment thought. Histories of modern Europe often present late eighteenth-century Spain as a backward place, haunted by the Inquisition and struggling to keep pace with modernity. While Spain under Charles III (1759-1788) pushed for economic and cultural modernization, many elites and the public at large resisted Enlightenment ideas. For conservatives, the modern would in time show its fragility, and Spain would withstand the collapse thanks to its firm grounding in the pillars of monarchy, religion, an...
Sailors, Statesmen and the Implementation of Naval Strategy
Explores the varied relationship between political leaders and naval experts, from the 16th to 21st centuries The shaping of national defence strategies is particularly difficult in the case of navies. Few political leaders have naval experience, in contrast to the case of armies where political leaders and army commanders have often shared similar social and professional backgrounds. Bringing together historical examples from Britain, the United States, Spain and France, the book provides insights into this key relationship.The authors highlight factors which have made for successful relationships between political leaders and naval experts, showing how changing circumstances have affected ...
Discussing Pax Germanica
Discussing Pax Germanica: The Rise and Limits of German Hegemony in European Integration examines and reconsiders Germany’s paramount role in shaping European integration from the aftermath of World War II to the present. This volume meticulously explores the ascendancy of Germany to a dominant position in European politics and economics. It critically engages with the concept of hegemony, delineating Germany’s influence on the development of the European Union and its resemblance to historical precedents in German history like the Holy Roman Empire. Methodologically, the book integrates archival research with contemporary literature to craft a narrative that is both historically grounde...
Los hogares de los mares
Con el objetivo de contribuir al desarrollo de la historia social del mar a partir del estudio de la historia de la familia, esta obra colectiva trata también de cubrir un vacío historiográfico dentro de esta línea de investigación. A pesar de la consolidación de este tipo de estudios en España, faltan investigaciones que aborden desde esta perspectiva a los espacios marítimos y sus gentes. El libro, planteado con un marcado carácter regional, se centra en el estudio de las familias y de los individuos ligados de una u otra forma al mar entre los siglos XVI y XIX, desde Galicia y la cornisa cantábrica, hasta la costa mediterránea, pasando por la fachada atlántica andaluza para concluir en las Islas Canarias.
La vida y la escritura en el siglo XVIII
Este libro parte de un enigma: desvelar la identidad de la autora de uno de los más importantes textos críticos sobre la condición de las mujeres de su época, la 'Apología de las mujeres' (1798), un ensayo cuya audacia contrasta con la oscuridad que rodea las circunstancias de su aparición. ¿Quién era Inés Joyes? ¿Con qué recursos y a través de qué negociaciones con los valores y prácticas de su tiempo pudo una mujer, en la España del siglo XVIII, dotarse de una voz propia? Para responder a estas preguntas, se reconstruye su vida, su contexto social e intelectual, español y europeo, y su breve pero significativa obra: la 'Apología de las mujeres', de la que ofrecemos por primera vez una edición crítica, y la traducción de la novela filosófica 'Rasselas' de Samuel Johnson, cuyas afinidades con su traductora se exploran detenidamente.
