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Jesuits at the Margins
In the past decades historians have interpreted early modern Christian missions not simply as an adjunct to Western imperialism, but a privileged field for cross-cultural encounters. Placing the Jesuit missions into a global phenomenon that emphasizes economic and cultural relations between Europe and the East, this book analyzes the possibilities and limitations of the religious conversion in the Micronesian islands of Guåhan (or Guam) and the Northern Marianas. Frontiers are not rigid spatial lines separating culturally different groups of people, but rather active agents in the transformation of cultures. By bringing this local dimension to the fore, the book adheres to a process of missionary “glocalization” which allowed Chamorros to enter the international community as members of Spain’s regional empire and the global communion of the Roman Catholic Church.
The United Kingdom and Spain in the Eighteenth Century
This book seeks to bridge a gap in the historiography of Spain and Great Britain by arguing that while the eighteenth century witnessed periods of tension, conflict and hostility between the two powers, their relationship remained multifaceted and significant in other spheres. Throughout the eighteenth century, Spain and Great Britain passed through phases of open warfare, armed peace and deep suspicion. The British capture of Gibraltar and Menorca dealt a severe blow to the newly established Bourbon dynasty in Spain. Even in times of war, however, not all communication channels were closed, with numerous formal and informal contacts being made despite the volatile political climate and enmi...
Unsettling Colonialism
An interdisciplinary analysis of gender, race, empire, and colonialism in fin-de-siècle Spanish literature and culture across the global Hispanic world. Unsettling Colonialism illuminates the interplay of race and gender in a range of fin-de-siècle Spanish narratives of empire and colonialism, including literary fictions, travel narratives, political treatises, medical discourse, and the visual arts, across the global Hispanic world. By focusing on texts by and about women and foregrounding Spain’s pivotal role in the colonization of the Americas, Africa, and Asia, this book not only breaks new ground in Iberian literary and cultural studies but also significantly broadens the scope of r...
The End of the Spanish Empire, 1898-1923
This is an account of Spain's disastrous war with the United States in 1898, in which she lost the remnants of her old empire. The book also analyzes the ensuing political and social crisis in Spain from the loss of empire, through World War I, to the military coup of 1923.
2002
Annually published since 1930, the International bibliography of Historical Sciences (IBOHS) is an international bibliography of the most important historical monographs and periodical articles published throughout the world, which deal with history from the earliest to the most recent times. The works are arranged systematically according to period, region or historical discipline, and within this classification alphabetically. The bibliography contains a geographical index and indexes of persons and authors.
The Imperial Nation
How the legacy of monarchical empires shaped Britain, France, Spain, and the United States as they became liberal entities Historians view the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries as a turning point when imperial monarchies collapsed and modern nations emerged. Treating this pivotal moment as a bridge rather than a break, The Imperial Nation offers a sweeping examination of four of these modern powers—Great Britain, France, Spain, and the United States—and asks how, after the great revolutionary cycle in Europe and America, the history of monarchical empires shaped these new nations. Josep Fradera explores this transition, paying particular attention to the relations between im...
El desafío de la modernidad en la literatura hispanofilipina (1885–1935)
Un libro que supera los lugares comunes sobre Filipinas para relatar cómo se reflejó el proceso de construcción nacional en su literatura en español entre dos colonizaciones, la española y la estadounidense, décadas después de las emancipaciones latinoamericanas. A book that goes beyond the commonplaces about the Philippines to tell how nation-building struggles were reflected in its Spanish-language literature between two colonizations, Spanish and American, decades after the Latin American emancipations.
Rafael María de Labra
En este libro se analiza, en una primera parte, la biografía humana y política de Labra, inserta en el contexto social, político y económico de la España de la Restauración. Una segunda parte es la denominada “los amigos de Labra”. A continuación se estudian las instituciones políticas oficiales, el Congreso y el Senado, tribunas que le permitieron desarrollar su proyecto político, que incluía la abolición de la esclavitud para las últimas colonias, Cuba y Puerto Rico. La tercera parte aborda la proyección internacional hacia América, Europa y Marruecos y, por último, la cuarta parte estudia la política exterior durante la Restauración.
Rumbo al sur
Este libro analiza las relaciones franco-españolas durante la presidencia del general De Gaulle (1958-1969). En aquella década, tras una larga etapa de autarquía y aislamiento, la economía española entró en la senda del crecimiento acelerado del que ya disfrutaban otros países occidentales. Francia puso rumbo al sur y no escatimó esfuerzos para participar, a corto y largo plazo, de los frutos del desarrollo económico español.
Volunteers of the Empire
This book uncovers the history of The Volunteers, a Spanish loyalist militia who were committed to upholding Spanish imperial interests and influence in Cuba, Puerto Rico, Santa Domingo and The Philippines as the age of empire came to a close. Unpicking the relationship between local and imperial administrations and highlighting the contribution of voluntary units to colonial warfare, Padilla Angulo shows how Spanish loyalism persevered in the colonies even as the last bastions of empire were dismantled. Revealing the complexity and diversity of The Volunteers themselves in various colonies, Volunteers of the Empire shows how thousands of young men of Spanish, African and Asian descent were ...
