{"product_id":"the-development-of-modern-spain-9780674000940","title":"The Development of Modern Spain","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis reinterpretation of the history of modern Spain from the Enlightenment to the threshold of the twenty-first century explains the surprising changes that took Spain from a backward and impoverished nation, with decades of stagnation, civil disorder, and military rule, to one of the ten most developed economies in the world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn its broad scope and depth of analysis, it supersedes all other English language works on the subject…the deftness with which he ties economic events to the political frameworks within which they occur; his analysis of the disastrous effects of the autarchical policies of the 1940s is especially outstanding… Tortella combines the strengths of historian and economist in an unusually fruitful way. -- Edward Malefakis * History *\u003cbr\u003eGabriel Tortella is the dean of modern economic history in Spain. \u003ci\u003eThe Development of Modern Spain\u003c\/i\u003e represents the culmination of twenty years work by Tortella. The book is rigorously analytical and quantitative, but like all of Tortella’s work it is eminently acessible to the non-economist. It is beautifully written. The book is full of new evidence and insight. Tortella’s book captures an entire field of historical research and without doubt will become the standard against which all work in Spanish economic history will be judged for many, many years to come. -- John H. Coatsworth, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003eThe most authoritative work of its kind, by an author who knows the subject and the literature thoroughly. \u003ci\u003eThe Development of Modern Spain\u003c\/i\u003e will be something of a classic for American historians, including students preparing for general examinations. -- David Landes, Harvard University\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface   Abbreviations    1. Introduction: An Overview   2. The Nineteenth Century: Politics, Population, and Human Capital   3. Agriculture: Persistent Underdevelopment   4. Industry: A Long Infancy   5. Transportation and Commerce   6. Money and Banking   7. The Role of the State   8. The Entrepreneurial Factor   9. The Twentieth Century   10. Demographic Modernization   11. Agricultural Transformation: From Underdevelopment to Backwardness   12. Industrial Takeoff   13. The Foreign Sector   14. The Evolution of Money and Banking   15. The Changing Role of the State   16. Conclusions    Chronology   Notes   Works Cited   Index","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403509735767,"sku":"9780674000940","price":63.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780674000940.jpg?v=1730483684","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-development-of-modern-spain-9780674000940","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}