Spain, Europe, and the 'Spanish Miracle', 1700 1900 (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521434867)

In his important new study, David Ringrose reexamines the history of Spain in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He challenges the conventional ways of framing that history, questions the importance of the empire for peninsular Spain, and suggests that some of the seemingly dramatic modernization of the nineteenth century was already under way in the eighteenth. In addition, the emergence of a governing elite is placed in the context of family and patronage networks. This challenging book will change our understanding of the history of modern Spain.

Author: David R. Ringrose
ISBN-10: 0521434866
ISBN-13: 9780521434867
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/29/1996
Pages: 456
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.73lbs
Size: 9.27h x 6.41w x 1.18d