Javier Moreno-Luzón is Professor of History at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Specialist in the political life of Modern Spain, his books in English include Modernizing the Nation: Spain during the Reign of Alfonso XIII, 1902-1931 (Brighton: SAP, 2012); and Metaphors of Spain: Representations of Spanish National Identity in the 20th Century (with X.M. Núñez Seixas, eds., New York: Berghahn Books, 2017).

• List of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Past in the Political ArenaHistory, Memory, CommemorationNational Holidays and CentennialsChapter 2. Between Progress and the Virgin of PilarThe Multiple Commemorations of 1908Land of Martyrs and HeroesThe Triumph of Regenerationist NationalismChapter 3. Reconquer America to Regenerate SpainOf Speeches, Embassies, and BanquetsHispano-American EspañolismoPatriots across the SeasA Mother Attends her Daughters’ WeddingsChapter 4. Remembering the Liberal NationPatriotism or BetrayalIntertwining CommemorationsPlaces of RecordChapter 5. Heirs of BalboaRescuing Spain’s PastSpanish CaliforniaThe Republic of BalboaChapter 6. The Language of CervantesThe Different Faces of a SymbolTransnational CentennialsCervantes in CubaCervantine SpainA Most Exemplary InstitutionA Monument to the Soul of the RaceChapter 7. Glories of the NationThe National EpicWhy Spain is GreatThe Commemoration that Never EndsBibliography

Javier Moreno-Luzón is Professor of History at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Specialist in the political life of Modern Spain, his books in English include Modernizing the Nation: Spain during the Reign of Alfonso XIII, 1902-1931 (Brighton: SAP, 2012); and Metaphors of Spain: Representations of Spanish National Identity in the 20th Century (with X.M. Núñez Seixas, eds., New York: Berghahn Books, 2017).

• List of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Past in the Political ArenaHistory, Memory, CommemorationNational Holidays and CentennialsChapter 2. Between Progress and the Virgin of PilarThe Multiple Commemorations of 1908Land of Martyrs and HeroesThe Triumph of Regenerationist NationalismChapter 3. Reconquer America to Regenerate SpainOf Speeches, Embassies, and BanquetsHispano-American EspañolismoPatriots across the SeasA Mother Attends her Daughters’ WeddingsChapter 4. Remembering the Liberal NationPatriotism or BetrayalIntertwining CommemorationsPlaces of RecordChapter 5. Heirs of BalboaRescuing Spain’s PastSpanish CaliforniaThe Republic of BalboaChapter 6. The Language of CervantesThe Different Faces of a SymbolTransnational CentennialsCervantes in CubaCervantine SpainA Most Exemplary InstitutionA Monument to the Soul of the RaceChapter 7. Glories of the NationThe National EpicWhy Spain is GreatThe Commemoration that Never EndsBibliography

Javier Moreno-Luzón is Professor of History at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Specialist in the political life of Modern Spain, his books in English include Modernizing the Nation: Spain during the Reign of Alfonso XIII, 1902-1931 (Brighton: SAP, 2012); and Metaphors of Spain: Representations of Spanish National Identity in the 20th Century (with X.M. Núñez Seixas, eds., New York: Berghahn Books, 2017).

• List of AbbreviationsAcknowledgementsIntroductionChapter 1. The Past in the Political ArenaHistory, Memory, CommemorationNational Holidays and CentennialsChapter 2. Between Progress and the Virgin of PilarThe Multiple Commemorations of 1908Land of Martyrs and HeroesThe Triumph of Regenerationist NationalismChapter 3. Reconquer America to Regenerate SpainOf Speeches, Embassies, and BanquetsHispano-American EspañolismoPatriots across the SeasA Mother Attends her Daughters’ WeddingsChapter 4. Remembering the Liberal NationPatriotism or BetrayalIntertwining CommemorationsPlaces of RecordChapter 5. Heirs of BalboaRescuing Spain’s PastSpanish CaliforniaThe Republic of BalboaChapter 6. The Language of CervantesThe Different Faces of a SymbolTransnational CentennialsCervantes in CubaCervantine SpainA Most Exemplary InstitutionA Monument to the Soul of the RaceChapter 7. Glories of the NationThe National EpicWhy Spain is GreatThe Commemoration that Never EndsBibliography