Respectable Professionals
The Origins of the Liberal Professions in Nineteenth-Century Spain
Published on 25. November 2021
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Paperback/Softback
414 pages
978-1-80079-450-4 (ISBN)
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Respectable Professionals contains the contributions of fifteen experts about the birth of new professions and the modernization of working practices in old trades in nineteenth-century Spain. The authors consider that professionalism and respectability were the most relevant elements which structured the bourgeois society in the nineteenth century. The economic changes resulting from the abolition of guilds, the extension of the competences of the State and the liberalization of the economy contributed greatly to the renewal of the labour market. This process took place while some other transformations gave rise to the bourgeois society, such as the urbanization, the updating of the educational system or the organization of professional networks and associations. Starting from the sociology of professions, the book reflects on the historical and sociocultural elements that influenced the development of professional society through different case studies that allow us to compare with other European countries. Nowadays we are living through similar changes in the labour market that should lead us to look back and learn from the challenges faced by professionals in the past.
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Raquel Sánchez | David Martínez-Vilches
Respectable Professionals
The Origins of the Liberal Professions in Nineteenth-Century Spain
E-Book
11/2021
1st Edition
Peter Lang Verlag
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Raquel Sánchez | David Martínez-Vilches
Respectable Professionals
The Origins of the Liberal Professions in Nineteenth-Century Spain
E-Book
11/2021
1st Edition
Peter Lang Verlag
€80.49
Available for download
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Raquel Sánchez is Professor of Modern History in the Faculty of Geography and History at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. She has specialized in the cultural and political history of nineteenth-century Spain. She is the researcher-in-charge of the research project which supports this book.
David Martínez-Vilches is a researcher at the Universidad Complutense de Madrid. He has focused on religious history and currently works on his doctoral dissertation about the religious entourage of the Spanish court during the reign of Isabel II.
Content
Contents: David Martinez-Vilches and Raquel Sanchez: History and Sociology of Professions: An Introductory Approach - Renewed Professions - Darina Martykanova and Juan Pan- Montojo: Between the State and the Market: Engineers in Nineteenth-Century Spain - Manuel Amador Gonzalez Fuertes: The Century of Lawyers: The Making of Social Standing of Legal Professions in Spain (1789-1868) - Professionals of Warfare - Pablo Ortega- del- Cerro: Profession with Honour: Modernization and Legitimation of the Naval Officer Corps (c. 1800-1870) - Diego Cameno Mayo and Jaime Tribaldos Milla: The Nineteenth- Century Soldier: The Professionalization of the Army - Healthcare Professionals - Victor M. Nunez-Garcia: A Physician and a Gentleman: Individual Dimension of the Collective Pursuit of Social Standing - Carmen Gonzalez Canalejo and Ruben Miron-Gonzalez: The Healthcare Middle Class: Female Professions and Patriarchy (1856-1931) - Literary and Artistic Professionals - Joaquin Alvarez Barrientos: Towards Respectability: Ejercicio comico and the Acting Profession - Ainhoa Gilarranz- Ibanez: <<Art Is Confused with Trade>>: The Defence of the Painter as a Profession in the Spanish Fine Arts (1833-1868) - Raquel Sanchez: Journalism: A Profession for Men of Letters (1820-1920) - Teaching Professionals - Eduardo Higueras Castaneda: Education in the Public Sphere: The Construction of the Reputation of Primary Teachers in Mid- Nineteenth-Century Spain - Cristina Del Prado Higuera: Professionalization of Female Teachers in the Nineteenth Century - Other Professionals - David Martinez-Vilches: An Anti-liberal Profession in Modern Society: The Parish Priest (1833-1868) - David San Narciso: Merchants to Businessmen: The Professionalization of Entrepreneurs in Nineteenth-Century Spain.