The Modern Spain Sourcebook: A Cultural History from 1600 to the Present

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Incorporating a wide range of visual and translated written sources, The Modern Spain Sourcebook documents Spains history from the Enlightenment to the present. The book is thematically arranged and includes six key primary sources on ten significant areas of Spanish history, including the arts, work, education, religion, politics, sexuality and empire. As well as the books overarching introduction, there are theme-specific introductions and vital historical context sections provided for the sources that are presented. There are also useful suggested analytical questions and helpful web link lists included throughout. The Modern Spain Sourcebook covers political and economic history, but moves beyond this to provide a more complete picture of Spanish history through the sources selected with gender history, social history and cultural history coming to the fore. This is a crucial text containing a vital trove of primary material for all students of Spain and its history.

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What makes this sourcebook stand out is its seamless incorporation of gender history throughout. There is much to like about this book Its structure is flexible for classroom use, and it does meet the authors goals of bringing historical context to cultural studies students and cultural works to history students. * European History Quarterly *
A key strength of The Modern Spain Sourcebook, for both instructors and students, is its thematic (not chronological) organization of materials, which effectively promotes an interdisciplinary study of Spanish cultural production and historical eras ... Overall, and consistent with the editors goals, the sourcebooks ideal audience would be professors and instructors of interdisciplinary subjects taught in English, such as history, cultural studies, comparative literature, and gender, womens and sexuality studies. * Bulletin of Spanish Studies *
An original and enlightening anthology that goes well beyond the traditional scope of most classroom readers. These aptly chosen and well translated documents will stimulate plenty of reflection and fruitful discussions, and they can also serve as an excellent base for written work in a variety of classes. * Geoffrey Jensen, Professor and John Biggs 30 Chair in Military History, Virginia Military Institute, USA *
A well-balanced, much-needed book which historians of modern Spain have been waiting on for decades. They will not be disappointed. * Antonio Cazorla Snchez, Professor and Chair, Trent University, Canada *

Author Bio

Aurora G. Morcillo was Professor of History at Florida International University, USA. She is the author of Cultural and Social Memory of the Spanish Civil War: Realms of Oblivion (2014), The Seduction of Modern Spain: The Female Body and the Francoist Body Politic (2010) and True Catholic Womanhood: Gender Ideology in Franco Spain (2000). She sadly passed away in 2020. Mara Asuncin Gmez is Professor of Spanish at Florida International University, USA. She is the author of La madre muerta: El mito matricida en la literatura y el cine espaoles (2016) and Del escenario a la pantalla: La adaptacin cinematogrfica del teatro espaol (2000), and the co-editor, along with Santiago Juan-Navarro and Phyllis Zatlin, of History and Myth of the Mad Queen: Modern Representations of Juana of Castile (2008). Paula De La Cruz-Fernndez is instructor in history, research historian, and digital archivist. Jos Manuel Morcillo-Gmez is Visiting Instructor in Spanish at the University of Qingdao, China. He is a PhD Candidate in Spanish at Florida International University, USA.