{"product_id":"catalonia-a-new-history-9781032111926","title":"Catalonia A New History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eCatalonia: A New History\u003c\/em\u003e revises many traditional and romantic conceptions in the historiography of a small nation. This book engages with the scholarship of the past decade and separates nationalist myth-history from real historical processes. It is thus able to provide the reader with an analytical account, situating each historical period within its temporal context. Catalonia emerges as a territory where complex social forces interact, where revolts and rebellions are frequent. This is a contested terrain where political ideologies have sought to impose their interpretation of Catalan reality. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book situates Catalonia within the wider currents of European and Spanish history, from pre-history to the contemporary independence movement, and makes an important contribution to our understanding of nation-making. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \/ Chapter One Origins, from Pre-History to the Romans \/ Chapter Two New Influences. Visigoths, Christianity and the Arabs, 400-800 \/ Chapter Three Consolidation and Expansion 800 to 1150 \/ Chapter Four Aragon and the Mediterranean Empire 1150 to 1410 \/ Chapter Five Decline and Revolt 1415 to 1660 \/ Chapter Six Political incorporation, economic advance 1660 to 1830 \/ Chapter Seven Social conflict, national revival and ideological dispute 1830-1939 \/ Chapter Eight Francoism and the Democratic Experience 1939-2008 \/ Epilogue The failed push for Catalan independence\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51018843324759,"sku":"9781032111926","price":36.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781032111926.jpg?v=1750778361","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/catalonia-a-new-history-9781032111926","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}