Development of Modern Spain

An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

AvGabriel Tortella

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

This 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. The culmination of twenty years' work by the dean of economic history in Spain, founder of the Revista de Historia Económica and recipient of the Premio Rey Juan Carlos, Spain's highest honor for an academic, the book is rigorously analytical and quantitative, but eminently accessible. It reveals views and approaches little explored until now, showing how the main stages of Spanish political history have been largely determined by economic developments and by a seldom mentioned factor: human capital formation. It is comparative throughout, and concludes by applying the lessons of Spanish history to the plight of today's developing nations.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-07-31
Mått:156 x 235 x 41 mm
Vikt:844 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Harvard Historical Studies
Antal sidor:544
Förlag:Harvard University Press
ISBN:9780674000940
Översättare:Herr, Valerie
Utmärkelser:Nominated for Gyorgi Ranki Prize 2001

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Gabriel Tortella is Professor of Economic History, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, and, most recently, coeditor of The State, the Financial System, and Economic Modernization.

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In 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.

Innehållsförteckning

Preface 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