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Spain : a unique history / Stanley G. Payne.

Payne, Stanley G. (Author).

Record details

ISBN: 9780299250249 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 0299250245 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN: 9780299249335 (e-book)
ISBN: 0299249336 (e-book)
Physical Description: xi, 304 p. : maps ; 23 cm.
Edition: English ed.
Publisher: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, c2011.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The formation of a Hispanist -- A reading of the history of Spain. Visigoths and Asturians: "Spaniards"? ; Spain and Islam: the myth of Al-Andalus ; Reconquest and crusade: a "Spanish ideology"? ; Spain and the west: identity, monarchy, empire ; Spain and Portugal ; Decline and recovery ; The problem of Spanish liberalism -- Dilemmas of contemporary history. A republic-- without democrats? ; Who was responsible? Origins of the Civil War of 1936 ; Moscow and Madrid: a controversial relationship ; The Spanish Civil War: last episode of World War I or opening round of World War II? ; Spanish fascism-- a strange case? ; Francisco Franco: fascist monster or savior of the fatherland? In the shadow of the military ; Controversies over history in contemporary Spain.