Spain Since 1815
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Spain Since 1815
Excerpt from Spain Since 1815 It is difficult to include within the limits of a single lecture such an important period as that from 1815 down to the present day. Only a summary view of it can be offered by a lecturer who must naturally keep within certain bounds. In the spring of 1814 King Ferdinand VII returned to Spain after his imprisonment at Valencay. During the period of the Peninsular War, called by Spaniards the War of Independence, extremely important events in the political history of the country had taken place. The Cortes, the Convocation of which Ferdinand VII himself while in Bayonne had ordered by a Decree of May 5th, 1808, at last assembled, although in a very different state from that which the monarch may have foreseen, for he doubtlessly believed it would retain its former legal form. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Britain’s Informal Empire in Spain, 1830-1950
Based on five years of archival research, this book offers a radical reinterpretation of Britain and Spain’s relationship during the growth, apogee and decline of the British Empire. It shows that from the early nineteenth century Britain turned Spain into an ‘informal’ colony, using its economic and military dominance to achieve its strategic and economic ends. Britain’s free trade campaign, which aimed to tear down the legal barriers to its explosive trade and investment expansion, undermined Spain’s attempts to achieve industrial take-off, demonstrating that the relationship between the two countries was imperial in nature, and not simply one of unequal national power. Exploring five key moments of crisis in their relations, from the First Carlist War in the 1830s to the Second World War, the author analyses Britain’s use of military force in achieving its goals, and the consequences that this had for economic and political policy-making in Spain. Ultimately, the Anglo-Spanish relationship was an early example of the interaction between industrial power and colonies, formal and informal, that characterised the post-World War Two period. An insightful read for anyone researching the British Empire and its colonies, this book offers an innovative perspective by closely examining the volatile relationship between two European powers.
Spain Since 1815
Author: Marques de Lema
language: en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date: 2013-03-28
The 1921 text summarises the key events and changes which occurred in Spain from 1815 up until 1920.