The Spanish Civil War

The Spanish Civil War
Author: Burnett Bolloten
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 1112
Release: 1991
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780807819067

A detailed account of the war describes Republican political life during the period and recounts the rise of the Spanish Communist Party

Historia de Espa¤a

Historia de Espa¤a
Author: Laura Risco García
Publisher: Palibrio
Total Pages: 175
Release: 2013
Genre: Education
ISBN: 1463348355

Esta obra presenta al estudiante los temas necesarios para superar el ejercicio sobre Historia de España que establezcan las universidades para la Prueba de Acceso a la Universidad para personas mayores de 25 años. Se ha estructurado el libro en 3 partes, siendo la primera un tema introductorio en el que se establece un resumen de la Historia de España hasta comienzos del siglo XIX. La segunda parte del libro se compone de 12 temas en los que se desarrollan, con rigor técnico y científico, los contenidos necesarios para poder superar la prueba de acceso En cada tema hemos incluido un conjunto de actividades que te ayudarán en el estudio, con definiciones, preguntas a desarrollar y comentarios de texto, propuestos en pruebas de acceso anteriores. Considerando que en algunos exámenes de Historia de España se han incluido comentarios de texto, en la última parte te damos las pautas necesarias para su correcta elaboración. Le agradecemos la adquisición de ésta obra y confiamos que le será de gran utilidad.

A Political History of Spanish

A Political History of Spanish
Author: José Del Valle
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 445
Release: 2013-08-29
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN: 1107005736

A comprehensive work which offers a new and provocative approach to Spanish from political and historical perspectives.

Mass Killings and Violence in Spain, 1936-1952

Mass Killings and Violence in Spain, 1936-1952
Author: Peter Anderson
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2014-09-19
Genre: History
ISBN: 1135114854

Historians have only recently established the scale of the violence carried out by the supporters of General Franco during and after the Spanish Civil War of 1936-1939. An estimated 88,000 unidentified victims of Francoist violence remain to be exhumed from mass graves and given a dignified burial, and for decades, the history of these victims has also been buried. This volume brings together a range of Spanish and British specialists who offer an original and challenging overview of this violence. Contributors not only examine the mass killings and incarcerations, but also carefully consider how the repression carried out in the government zone during the Civil War - long misrepresented in Francoist accounts - seeped into everyday life. A final section explores ways of facing Spain’s recent violent past.

Democracy and Sovereignty in Spain

Democracy and Sovereignty in Spain
Author: Francisco J. Bellido
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2023-03-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1000846679

This book delves into the conceptual changes produced by the Spanish constitutional debate held between 27 August and 9 December 1931. Taking place at the beginning of Spain’s Second Republic, those parliamentary deliberations brought about significant novelties in the political vocabulary. Concepts such as democracy, sovereignty, reform, revolution, and freedom, among others, were re-signified. This study investigates the conceptual contributions made by Spanish MPs in the course of the constitutional debate of 1931 by assuming, as a research approach, an interdisciplinary stance combining conceptual history, political theory, and parliamentary constitutional history. By doing so, it selects five determining issues: the pervasive discussion about two competing meanings of a democratic state; the rhetorical uses of reform and revolution; conceptual controversies about religious freedom; the disputed idea of property rights; and the functions of parliament and the president of the republic in a semi-presidential regime. The constitutional debate was largely inspired by interwar European constitutionalism which constituent representatives used to update the Spanish constitutional tradition. With that goal in mind, this book is aimed at undergraduate and graduate students and scholars working in the fields of conceptual history, political philosophy, parliamentary history, European political history, and European constitutionalism. Licence line: The Open Access version of this book, available at www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Spanish Civil War

The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Spanish Civil War
Author: Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Total Pages: 544
Release: 2023-11-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1350230421

In 25 innovative thematic essays, The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Spanish Civil War sees an interdisciplinary team of scholars examine a conflict that, more than 80 years after its conclusion, continues to generate both scholarly and public controversy. Split into four main sections covering Military and Diplomatic Issues, Society and Culture, Politics, and Debates, the volume offers a number of unique features. It is unprecedented in its comprehensiveness and includes chapters on topics that are rarely, if ever, explored in the literature of the field: humanitarianism, children and families, material conditions, the decimation of elites, archives and sources, archaeological approaches, digital approaches, public history, and cultural studies approaches. Instead of discussing each of the two warring sides, Republicans and Francoists, separately, as is so often the case, the book's thematic structure means that these opposing forces are examined together, facilitating comparison and fresh understanding in numerous areas of study. Contributors from the UK, the USA, Canada, Spain and Denmark also analyse the major controversies and disputes surrounding each topic as part of a detailed exploration of one of the seminal events of the 20th century.

The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939

The Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War, 1936–1939
Author: Michael Alpert
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 393
Release: 2013-02-28
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107328578

This is a long-awaited translation of a definitive account of the Republican Army in the Spanish Civil War. Michael Alpert examines the origins, formation and performance of the Republican Army and sets the Spanish Civil War in its broader military context. He explores the conflicts between communists and Spanish anarchists about how the war should be fought, as well as the experience of individual conscripts, problems of food, clothing and arms, and the role of women in the new army. The book contains extensive discussion of international aspects, particularly the role of the International Brigades and of the Soviet Russian advisers. Finally, it discusses the final uprising of professional Republican officers against the Government and the almost unconditional surrender to Franco. Professor Alpert also provides detailed statistics for the military forces available to Franco and to the Republic, and biographies of the key figures on both sides.

Rivalry and Revenge

Rivalry and Revenge
Author: Laia Balcells
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 287
Release: 2017-04-20
Genre: History
ISBN: 1107118697

This book explores the motives of local political elites and armed groups in carrying out violence against civilians during civil war.

A New International History of the Spanish Civil War

A New International History of the Spanish Civil War
Author: M. Alpert
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2004-01-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 023050101X

Michael Alpert's study of the Spanish Civil War is dedicated to the international aspects of the conflict, and covers the whole era, setting the action in Spain against major events throughout the world of the 1930s. Since the first edition of this book new archival material has become available and this fully revised edition includes the latest research on the Spanish Civil War. This contextual approach to the Spanish Civil War offers insights into the study of this conflict.

Teaching the Violent Past

Teaching the Violent Past
Author: Elizabeth A. Cole
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Total Pages: 353
Release: 2007-10-04
Genre: Education
ISBN: 146164397X

During an armed conflict or period of gross human rights violations, the first priority is a cessation of violence. For the cease-fire to be more than a lull in hostilities and atrocities, however, it must be accompanied by a plan for political transition and social reconstruction. Essential to this long-term reconciliation process is education reform that teaches future generations information repressed under dictatorial regimes and offers new representations of former enemies. In Teaching the Violent Past, Cole has gathered nine case studies exploring the use of history education to promote tolerance, inclusiveness, and critical thinking in nations around the world. Online Book Companion is available at: http://www.cceia.org/resources/for_educators_and_students/teaching_the_violent_past/index.html