The Development of Modern Spain: An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
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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The Development of Modern Spain: An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
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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The Development of Modern Spain: An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

The Development of Modern Spain: An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

The Development of Modern Spain: An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

The Development of Modern Spain: An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

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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.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780674000940
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 07/31/2000
Series: Harvard Historical Studies , #136
Pages: 544
Product dimensions: 6.12(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.60(d)

About the Author

Gabriel Tortella is Professor of Economic History, Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, and, most recently, coeditor of The State, the Financial System, and Economic Modernization.

Table of Contents

Preface

Abbreviations

1. Introduction: An Overview

2. The Nineteenth Century: Politics, Population, and Human Capital

3. Agriculture: Persistent Underdevelopment

4. Industry: A Long Infancy

5. Transportation and Commerce

6. Money and Banking

7. The Role of the State

8. The Entrepreneurial Factor

9. The Twentieth Century

10. Demographic Modernization

11. Agricultural Transformation: From Underdevelopment to Backwardness

12. Industrial Takeoff

13. The Foreign Sector

14. The Evolution of Money and Banking

15. The Changing Role of the State

16. Conclusions

Chronology

Notes

Works Cited

Index

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