The Debate on the Decline of Spain
Will be published approx. on 1. September 2012
Book
Paperback/Softback
192 pages
978-0-7190-7964-1 (ISBN)
Description
When, why and how did Spain fall from its pre-eminent position as a leading world power in the seventeenth century? These fundamental questions have exercised the minds of distinguished historians such as Prescott, Merriman, Hamilton, Braudel, Vilar, Vicens Vives, Elliott and Kamen and produced a prolific amount of writing. But while the subject of Spain's decline has been subject to rigorous historical research, the debate between scholars underpinning it has not thus far been analyzed from a historiographical perspective. What are the methodologies and schools of inquiry that have shaped the discourse? How have historians' perceptions been influenced by time and circumstance? Why has the 'Two Spains' phenomenon endured as a historical paradigm against which to measure its fortunes? These are some of the issues this book will address in its appraisal of the historians of Spain's decline and their discourse. -- .
Reviews / Votes
Rawlings' well informed, finely structured and clearly written book makes a valuablecontribution to the study of one of the main themes in Spanish historiography.
All in all, Rawlings' book will be an indispensable tool for scholars
and teachers of early modern Spain. -- .
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Manchester
United Kingdom
Illustrations
Illustrations, black & white
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
252 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7190-7964-1 (9780719079641)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Helen Rawlings is Senior Lecturer in Spanish at the University of Leicester -- .
Content
General editor's foreword
Preface
Introduction
1. The sixteenth century: the Black Legend
2. The seventeenth century: arbitrismo and decline
3. The eighteenth century: enlightened opinion
4. The nineteenth century: liberalism and conservatism
5. The early twentieth century: imperialism and decline
6. The mid-twentieth century: inter-disciplinary perspectives
7. The later twentieth century: the general crisis of the seventeenth century
8. The current debate: decline reappraised
Further reading
Index -- .
Preface
Introduction
1. The sixteenth century: the Black Legend
2. The seventeenth century: arbitrismo and decline
3. The eighteenth century: enlightened opinion
4. The nineteenth century: liberalism and conservatism
5. The early twentieth century: imperialism and decline
6. The mid-twentieth century: inter-disciplinary perspectives
7. The later twentieth century: the general crisis of the seventeenth century
8. The current debate: decline reappraised
Further reading
Index -- .