{"product_id":"spain-9781444339741","title":"Spain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis comprehensive survey of Spain's history looks at the major political, social, and economic changes that took place from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the twenty-first century.  \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA thorough introduction to post-Civil War Spain, from its development under Franco and subsequent transition to democracy up to the present day\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eTusell was a celebrated public figure and historian. During his lifetime he negotiated the return to Spain of Picasso's \u003ci\u003eGuernica\u003c\/i\u003e, was elected UCD councillor for Madrid, and became a respected media commentator before his untimely death in 2005\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a biography and political assessment of Francisco Franco\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCovers a number of pertinent topics, including fascism, isolationism, political opposition, economic development, decolonization, terrorism, foreign policy, and democracy\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides a context for understanding the continuing tensions between democracy and terrorism, including the effects of the 200\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNote on the Author viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFranco: Biography and Political Practice 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrancoism: A Form of Dictatorship 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVictors and Vanquished: The Disasters of the Civil War and Repression 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eExile and the Start of the Postwar Period in Spain 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Temptation of Fascism and the Will to Survive (1939 –51) 34\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Failed Attempt to Make Spain Fascist 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Temptation to Intervene and Internal Conflict (1940–2) 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStumbling Progress towards Neutrality (1942–5) 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCosmetic Change: Regime Politics between 1945 and 1951 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpposition from Survivors: The Spanish Left from 1939 to 1951 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Monarchist Alternative 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFranco in Isolation 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe “Dark Night”: Autarchy and Rationing in the 1940s 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture: Penance and Survival 92\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Years of Consensus: The High Point of the Regime (1951– 65) 107\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe End of International Isolation: The Concordat and Pacts with the United States 108\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpain and Europe: Colonization of Morocco Ends 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Regime and the Opposition up to 1956 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA New Political Opposition 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFor or against Falange: Political Life under the Regime between 1956 and 1965 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Easing of Autarchy and the Change in Economic Policy 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom Political Opposition to Social Opposition 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture in the Francoist Middle Period: The End of the Penitential Years 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaily Life and Leisure Activities 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Economic Development, Apertura, and the Late Franco Years (1966–75) 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Development in the 1960s and 1970s 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Modernization of Spanish Society 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Change in Spanish Catholicism 202\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eApertura (1965–9) 211\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Succession. Matesa and Internal Splits in the Regime 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorker Protest. Terrorism 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLate Francoism: Carrero Blanco as President 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLate Francoism: Arias Navarro’s Government 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOpposition Activity: The Road to Unity 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpain and the Western World 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLate Decolonization: Guinea and the Sahara 252\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Politically Committed Culture? 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSpain at the Time of Franco’s Death 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 267\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Transition to Democracy (1975 – 82) 270\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Monarchy: King Juan Carlos I 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Death-throes of the Past 275\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdolfo Suárez: The Road from Liberalization to Democracy 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFacing Difficulties: Terrorism and the Military Coup 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eParties and Elections 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Long Road towards a Constitution 293\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAn Unresolved Issue: Nationalism and Terrorism 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Triumph and Fall of Adolfo Suárez 303\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Army and the Transition: February 23 306\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCalvo Sotelo’s Government and the Crisis in Center Politics 311\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeign Policy 314\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEconomic Policy and Social Change 318\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOctober 1982: The End of the Transition 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 326\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Consolidating Democracy: The Socialist Government (1982 – 96) 329\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFelipe González and the Two Souls of Spanish Socialism 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Socialists’ First Term in Office. Reform of the Armed Services, an Economic Update and Foreign Policy 336\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Means of Consolidating Democracy. The GAL 344\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElections and Public Opinion in the Second Half of the 1980s 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Second Term in Office: Social Policies and Union Protests. Spain and the World 354\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePolicy on the Autonomous Communities: A New Vertebrate Structure for the Spanish State 359\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Loss of an Absolute Majority 366\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Tense Term of Office (1993–6) 373\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1996 General Election. Drawing up the Balance on the Socialists’ Time in Government 380\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture in the Post-Franco Period 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom a Time of Rediscovery to a State Culture 390\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFields of Creativity 400\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 407\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Turn of the Right (1996 –2004) 410\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Popular Party in Power: José María Aznar 410\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuccess in Economic and Social Policies 412\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Dark Side of the Right 414\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Pluralistic Spain: Nationalities and Terrorism 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGovernment and Opposition. The Elections in March 2000 423\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Style of Government with an Absolute Majority 429\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Limits of PSOE Renewal 431\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDramatic Basque Elections 433\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Policy of Making Pacts and Breaking with Consensus 436\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe PP: Idyllic Peace and Neo-conservatism 439\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom More to Less: Government Policy in the Second Four-year Term 443\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Final Straight 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 454\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 455\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 456\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408394527063,"sku":"9781444339741","price":32.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781444339741.jpg?v=1730502740","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/spain-9781444339741","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}