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Fear and Progress Antonio Cazorla Sanchez (Trent University, Canada)

Fear and Progress von Antonio Cazorla Sanchez (Trent University, Canada)

Fear and Progress Antonio Cazorla Sanchez (Trent University, Canada)


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Zusammenfassung

Separating myth from the reality of General Francisco Franco's legacy, this compelling new text recounts the vivid memories and traumatic experiences of Spanish citizens who lived, suffered, and died, during the dictatorship. The author rejects traditional explanations of the longevity of Franco's regime as broad oversimplifications.

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Fear and Progress: Ordinary Lives in Franco's Spain, 1939-1975 Antonio Cazorla Sanchez (Trent University, Canada)

Utilizing hundreds of confidential documents from authorities in the Franco government, Fear and Progress: Ordinary Lives in Franco's Spain, 1939-1975 recounts the experiences of Spanish citizens who lived during the 40-year Franco dictatorship.
  • Rejects traditional explanations of the length of Franco's power and the dictator's legacy
  • Utilizes hundreds of confidential documents from authorities in the Franco government
  • Provides insights into life during the Franco era: how political violence and repression were experienced; how the dictatorship exploited illusions of peace and prosperity for its own benefit; and how the regime's legacy was manipulated
  • Reveals the Franco government's social callousness and manipulation of events

Fear and Progress Bewertungen

A good solid history. ... The real-life stories of real-life people are presented and it is to these bread-and-butter issues that historians should be listening. (Reviews in History, April 2010)

Über Antonio Cazorla Sanchez (Trent University, Canada)

Antonio Cazorla Sanchez is Associate Professor of History at Trent University. He is the author of two books and numerous articles on Franco's Spain.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures.

List of Plates.

Note on Sources and Abbreviations.

Glossary of Key Terms.

Introduction: Ordinary Spaniards in Extraordinary Times.

1. The Politics of Fear.

Manipulating Fear.

The Fruits of Terror.

The Lost People and the New Country.

Imposing Consent.

Faking Politics.

2. The Social Cost of the Dictatorship.

From Famine to Misery.

Surviving.

The Humiliations of Misery.

Autarky's Long Agony.

Failure to Educate.

3. Migration.

The End of the Peasantry.

To the City.

To Europe.

Housing.

From Immigrants to Neighbors.

Left Behind.

4. A Changing Society.

The Altar and the Street.

Morals.

Becoming Consumers.

Leisure.

New Areas of Confusion.

5. Roads to Citizenship.

A Demobilized Society.

Old Memories, New Expectations.

The Risks of Peace.

The Beginning of the End.

Facing the Future.

Notes.

Bibliography.

Index.

Zusätzliche Informationen

GOR007537018
9781405133166
1405133163
Fear and Progress: Ordinary Lives in Franco's Spain, 1939-1975 Antonio Cazorla Sanchez (Trent University, Canada)
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Broschiert
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
20090807
304
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