Catalonia in Spain: History and Myth (Palgrave Studies in Economic History)

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Hardcover, xvi + 312 pages, NOT ex-library. Minor handling wear, book is clean and bright with unmarked text, free of inscriptions and stamps, firmly bound. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: 1 Medieval Origins of the Spanish Nation [Slow Birth of Spain: One Thousand Years of History (479?1479); Medieval Catalonia; Toward Union; Penultimate Step; Union; Conclusions; References] 2 Catalonia in Early Modern Spain [Difficult Welding of Two Crowns; Seventeenth-Century Crisis; A Time of Depression; War of the Reapers, the First Catalan Rebellion; Recovery] 3 Reform and Progress in the Eighteenth Century [War of Succession, Catalonia's Second Rebellion; Nueva Planta: Political, Economic, and Fiscal Innovations; Political Nueva Planta; Fiscal Nueva Planta: The Catastro; Onset of Catalonia's Development; Population; Agriculture; Catalonia in the Spanish Empire: Commerce and Industry; Commerce; Industry; Conclusions] 4 Peninsular War: Birth of a Nation [Introduction; Spain's War of Independence; 'War of the French' in Catalonia; Conclusions] 5 Liberalism and Reaction [Economic Stagnation and Political Paralysis; A Growing Gap; Reactionary Catalonia: The Carlist Wars; Slow Establishment of the Liberal System; Catalonia's Political Weight; Beginnings of Industrialization; Slow Recovery; Rhetoric and the Cost of Protectionism; Catalan 'Renaissance'; Nationalism and the 1898 Crisis; Conclusions] 6 Twentieth Century (1900?1975) [Spain in the Twentieth-Century Crisis; Catalanism in the Happy Twenties; Lliga: Catalanists in the Spanish Government; Catalanism and the Primo de Rivera Dictatorship; Second Republic; Catalan Statute of Autonomy; From Revolution to Civil War; Civil War; Postwar Repression; Economic Stabilization and Development; Politics in the Twilight of Fascism; Economic Development in Spain and Catalonia; Industrialization and State Intervention; Problems of Catalan Banks; Commercial and Fiscal Balances: The Early Studies; Conclusions] 7 From Dictatorship to Democracy [Introduction; Transition to Democracy; Is Still Catalonia 'The Factory of Spain'?; Crisis and Change in the Spanish Economy; Catalan Economy at the Turn of the Century; Generalitat in Action; First Steps; 1979 Estatut: The Beginnings of Enforced Catalanization; Banca Catalana Affair; Success and Failure of a Coercive Linguistic Policy; Controlling the means of Communication; Catalan Population; Education Policy of the Generalitat; Social Support for Independence; Some Hotly Debated Issues; Fiscal Balances; Commercial Balances; Political Consequences of Separation] 8 Conclusions [Weight of History; Nation and Nationalism; Causes of Catalan Nationalism; Why Now?]; Bibliography; Index -- Palgrave Studies in Economic History is designed to illuminate and enrich our understanding of economies and economic phenomena of the past. The series covers a vast range of topics including financial history, labour history, development economics, commercialisation, urbanisation, industrialisation, modernisation, globalisation, and changes in world economic orders. -- This book explores the complex history of Catalonia's relationship with Spain from an economic and political perspective. It begins in the Middle Ages and ends in the present day, analysing the intricate political problems of modern day Catalonia within the context of European integration and nationalism. Chapters present a chronological history covering the period from Catalonia's earliest history to the present day. It explores Catalonia's eventual union with Spain, the 17th century crisis, the Franco dictatorship and, finally, its transition to democracy. The author leaves no stone unturned, examining a wealth of sources, from economic records to newspaper reportage and historical records. In an age of insurgent European nationalism and separatism, this book provides a timely long-form analysis of one of Europe's oldest regions. Seller Inventory # 007369

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