The Modern Spain Sourcebook A Cultural History from 1600 to the Present [Hardcover]

Incorporating a wide range of visual and translated written sources,The Modern Spain Sourcebookdocuments Spain's history from the Enlightenment to the present.

The book is thematically arranged and includes six key primary sources on ten significant areas of Spanish history, including the arts, work, education, religion, politics, sexuality and empire. As well as the book's overarching introduction, there are theme-specific introductions and vital historical context sections provided for the sources that are presented. There are also useful suggested analytical questions and helpful web link lists included throughout.

The Modern Spain Sourcebookcovers political and economic history, but moves beyond this to provide a more complete picture of Spanish history through the sources selected with gender history, social history and cultural history coming to the fore. This is a crucial text containing a vital trove of primary material for all students of Spain and its history.

Aurora G. Morcillois Professor of History at Florida International University, USA. She is the author ofCultural and Social Memory of the Spanish Civil War: Realms of Oblivion(2014),The Seduction of Modern Spain: The Female Body and the Francoist Body Politic(2010) andTrue Catholic Womanhood: Gender Ideology in Franco Spain(2000).

Mar??a Asunci??n G??mezis Professor of Spanish at Florida International University, USA. She is the author ofLa madre muerta: El mito matricida en la literatura y el cine espa??oles(2016) andDel escenario a la pantalla: La adaptaci??n cinematogr??fica del teatro espa??ol(2000), and the co-editor, along with Santiago Juan-Navarro and Phyllis Zatlin, ofHistory and Myth of the Mad Queen: Modern Representations of Juana of Castile(2008).

Paula De La Cruz-Fern??ndezis instructor in history, research historian, and digital archivist.

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