Spain Transformed - by N Townson (Hardcover)

About the Book

This is an original and sweeping analysis of the hitherto neglected, yet pivotal. late Franco dictatorship in Spain that draws on extensive new research.

Book Synopsis

Spain Transformed addresses the sweeping social and cultural changes that characterized the late Franco regime. This wide-ranging collection reassesses the dictatorship's latter years by drawing on a wealth of new material and ideas, using an interdisciplinary approach.

Review Quotes

'An impressive volume on late Francoist Spain Spain Transformed is a significant contribution to the debate on the nature of the Franco regime.' Julius Ruiz - English Historical Review

'A valuable contribution to the literature, this admirable collection is an eloquent indication of the Franco regime's continuing capacity to fascinate.' Paul Kennedy, Bulletin of Spanish Studies

'Townson has edited an impressive volume on late Francoist Spain Spain Transformed is a significant contribution to the debate on the nature of the Franco regime' - Julius Ruiz, University of Edinburgh, UK

'An excellent study of the late Franco regime, perhaps the period of greatest change in the history of Spain. It represents the best analysis of the transitions that made possible the Transition' - Michael Seidman, University of North Carolina, USA

About the Author

TOM BUCHANAN Lecturer in Modern History and Politics, University of Oxford, UK WALTER L. BERNECKER Professor of History, Erlangen-Nürnberg University, Germany ANTONIO CAZORLA SÁNCHEZ Associate Professor in History, Trent University, Canada WILLIAM J. CALLAHAN Professor of History, University of Toronto, Canada ELISA CHULIÁ Secior Lecturer in Political Science, Open University of Spain (UNED) EDWARD MALEFAKIS Emeritus Professor of History, Columbia University, USA PABLO MARTÍN ACEÑA Professor of Economic History, University of Alcalá, Spain ELENA MARTÍEZ RUIZ Lecturer in Economic History, Barcelona University, Spain SASHA D. PACK Assistant Professor in History, State University of New York, USA CHRISTINA PALOMARES Director of the Latin American Section, Fundación para el Análisis y los Estudios Sociales (FAES), Madrid, Spain CHARLES POWELL Director of the Centro de Estudios de la Transición Democrátuca Española, San Pablo-CEU University, Madrid, Spain PAMELA RADCLIFF Associate Professor of History, University of California, San Diego, USA MARIANO TORCAL Senior Lecturer in Political Science, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain NIGEL TOWNSON Senior Lecturer in the History of Political Thought and Social and Political Movements, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain