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The Development of Modern Spain

An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

By: Gabriel Tortella Casares

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The Development of Modern Spain

An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

By: Gabriel Tortella Casares

This reinterpretation of the history of modern Spain from the Enlightenment to the threshold of the twenty-first century explains the surprising changes that took Spain from a backward and impoverished nation, with decades of stagnation, civil disorder, and military rule, to one of the ten most developed economies in the world. The culmination of twenty years' work by the dean of economic history in Spain, founder of the Revista de Historia Económica and recipient of the Premio Rey Juan Carlos, Spain's highest honor for an academic, the book is rigorously analytical and quantitative, but eminently accessible. It reveals views and approaches little explored until now, showing how the main stages of Spanish political history have been largely determined by economic developments and by a seldom mentioned factor: human capital formation. It is comparative throughout, and concludes by applying the lessons of Spanish history to the plight of today's developing nations.

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0674000943

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The Origins of the Twenty First Century

By: Gabriel Tortella

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The object of this book is to is to explain - rather than simply narrate - the remarkable or rather unique set of events that constitute modern history from the Industrial Revolution to the beginnings of the twenty-first century.

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The Origins of the Twenty First Century

By: Gabriel Tortella

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This fascinating book provides a fully integrated explanation of the history of the modern world. Although the sheer complexity of society requires that it be studied from the standpoint of several social sciences (including Economics, Political Science, Sociology and Anthropology), using only the tools of just one of these is an obstacle to understanding the whole society, where social, economic and political conditions are interacting all the time. The book explains why and how modern communities have evolved from their pre-modern, Ancien regime, states in the early eighteenth century, to the early twenty-first century, where economic development had reached unprecedented levels. It shows that political revolutions have preceded economic revolutions, rather than the reverse, although there is a considerable degree of interaction between macroeconomic and political variables. Economic histories of the period neglect non-economic factors such as political and legal institutions, which from a wide perspective have a powerful impact on economic developments. The complexity of the world and of the times in which we live is overwhelming and growing. Professor Tortella provides an international approach and combines economic and social analysis with political, cultural, and scientific issues. Topics covered include: the Industrial Revolution capitalism and the West the First and Second World War the rise of communism and the era of Stalin the US depression and the Gold Standard social and class struggle

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The Development of Modern Spain

An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

By: Gabriel Tortella Casares

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An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

By: Gabriel Tortella Casares

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The Development of Modern Spain

The Development of Modern Spain

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The Origins of the Twenty First Century

The Origins of the Twenty First Century

The Origins of the Twenty First Century

The Development of Modern Spain

The Development of Modern Spain

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