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British Liberators in the Age of Napoleon
This is the first book-length examination of the involvement of British volunteers in the Spanish forces during the Napoleonic Wars.
Interacting Francoism
The book presents various investigation into 20th-century European dictatorships, with its focus on Franco`s dictatorship and the Spanish Civil War. Francisco Franco’s dictatorship in Spain (1936/1939-1975/1978) was a modern form of authoritarianism, with a strong totalitarian period, like many other dictatorships of the time. Francoism occupies a place in history alongside other different dictatorships of its age, and a comparative analysis might prove to be a powerful tool in order to understand how, in the middle of the 20th century, such a repressive and authoritarian form of political control emerged. One of the most forgotten fascisms, which at the same time was influenced by and inf...
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 ...
The History of Modern Spain
The History of Modern Spain is a comprehensive examination of Spain's history from the beginning of the 19th century to the present day. Bringing together an impressive group of leading figures and emerging scholars in the field from the UK, Canada, the United States, Spain and other European countries, the book innovatively combines a strong and clear political narrative with chapters exploring a wide range of thematic topics, such as gender, family and sexuality, nations and nationalism, empire, environment, religion, migrations and Spain in world history. The volume includes a series of biographical sketches of influential Spaniards from intellectual, cultural, economic and political spheres which provides an interesting, alternative way into understanding the last 220 years of Spanish history. The History of Modern Spain also has a glossary, a chronology and a further reading list. This is essential reading for all students of the modern history of Spain.
Gendered Capitalism
Gendered Capitalism: Sewing Machines and Multinational Business in Spain and Mexico, 1850–1940 is a history of the gendered corporation, a study that examines how ideas and ideals about domesticity and the cultures of sewing and embroidery, being gender-specific, shaped the US-headquartered Singer Sewing Machine Company’s operations around the world. In contrast to production-driven and culture-neutral analyses of the multinational enterprise, this book focuses on both the supply and the demand side to argue that consumers and the cultural worlds of those—mainly women—using the sewing machine for personal purposes or for the market shaped corporate organization. This book is a global...
La guerra del Francès
La guerra del Francès (1808–1814) no és un fenomen aïllat del procés històric: té unes arrels i unes conseqüències, i per aquest motiu cal inserir-la en el marc de la crisi de l'antic règim i de la revolució liberal, que abasta el darrer terç del segle XVIII i la primera meitat del segle XIX. Tot i que la guerra del Francès no és l'inici ni el final de res, és un moment clau de trencament entre el vell i el nou règim. Aquest llibre pretén ser una anàlisi polièdrica d'aquest complex fenomen que anomenem guerra del Francès. Una anàlisi que, a través dels diversos treballs que s'hi recullen, comprèn els diversos plans espacials en què es desenvolupa (local, comarcal, nacional, estatal i internacional) i temàtics (polític, cultural, econòmic i social). Per tot plegat esdevé una eina útil, 200 anys després dels fets, per conèixer millor aquest període decisiu de la nostra història contemporània.
Amazonas de la libertad
«Durante la Década Ominosa, Fernando VII no tuvo mayor enemigo que la mujer patriota». Esta afirmación, perteneciente a la obra costumbrista Los españoles pintados por sí mismos (1843), expresa un amplio estado de opinión sobre el protagonismo que tuvieron las mujeres en la lucha contra la monarquía absoluta. Eran tiempos en que patriota era sinónimo de liberal y en que Mariana Pineda figuraba por derecho propio, desde su ejecución en 1831, en el panteón de héroes y mártires del liberalismo español. Amazonas de la libertad —título tomado de una expresión de la época— reconstruye la evolución del liberalismo femenino en España desde sus orígenes en la Guerra de la Inde...
