List of Figures Notes on Contributors Chronology Introduction (Jose Alvarez Junco, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain and Adrian Shubert, York University, Canada) Section I Chronologies 2. The Crisis of the Old Regime: 1808-1833 (Gregorio Alonso, University of Leeds, UK) 3. The Time of Liberalism: 1833-1874 (Maria Sierra, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain) 4. The Restoration: 1874-1914 (Javier Moreno-Luzon, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) 5. The Contested Quest for Modernization: 1914-1936 (Nigel Townson, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) 6. The Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 (Angela Cenarro, University of Zaragoza, Spain) 7. The Franco Regime, 1939-1975 (Oscar Rodriguez Barreiro, University of Almeria, Spain) 8. The Transition to Democracy and the Constitutional Monarchy, 1975-2016 (Pamela Radcliff, University of California San Diego, USA) Part II Themes 9. The Economy (Leandro Prados de la Escosura, Charles III University of Madrid, Spain) 10. Nations and Nationalism (Xose-Manoel Nunez Seixas, Ludwig Maxmillian University of Munich, Germany) 11. Gender (Aurora G. Morcillo, Florida International University, USA) 12. Ways of Life: Cities, Towns and Villages (Jesus Cruz, University of Delaware, USA) 13. Empire and Colonies (Stephen Jacobson, Pompeu Fabra University, Spain) 14. The Environment (Josefina Gomez de la Mendoza, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain) 15. Culture (Rafael Nunez Florencio, Independent Scholar) 16. Intellectuals (Santos Julia, UNED, Madrid, Spain) 17. Social Movements (Angeles Barrio Alonso, University of Cantabria, Spain) 18. Religion (Julio de la Cueva Merino, University of Castilla-La Mancha, Spain) 19. Migrations (Aitana Guia, California State University-Fullerton, USA) 20. The State (Diego Palacios Cerezales, University of Stirling, UK) 21. The Military (Geoffrey Jensen, Virginia Military Institute, USA) 22. The Politics of Memory (Paloma Aguilar, UNED, Madrid, Spain and Clara Ramirez-Barat, Auschwitz Institute for Peace and Reconciliation, USA) 23. Spain in World History (Scott Eastman, Creighton University, USA) Part III Individuals 24. Fernando VII (Emilio la Parra, University of Alicante, Spain) 25. Francisco de Arango y Parreno (Vicent Sanz, University Jaume I, Spain) 26. Juan Alvarez Mendizabal (Mark Lawrence, University of Kent, UK) 27. Countess of Mina (Maria Cruz Romeo Mateo, University of Valencia, Spain) 28. Emilia Pardo Bazan (Isabel Burdiel, University of Valencia, Spain) 29. Juan Prim (Gregorio de la Fuente Monge, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) 30. Pablo Iglesias (Jose Alvarez Junco, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) 31. Francesc Cambo (Enric Ucelay da Cal, Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona, Spain) 32. Jose Ortega y Gasset (Javier Zamora Bonilla, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) 33. Manuel Azana (Fernando del Rey Reguillo, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) 34. Dolores Ibarruri, La Pasionaria (Rafael Cruz, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain) 35. Francisco Franco (Antonio Cazorla Sanchez, Trent University, Canada) 36. Manuel de Falla (Edward Baker, Independent Scholar) 37. Pilar Primo de Rivera (Inbal Ofer, The Open University of Israel) Glossary Further Reading Index