The End of the Spanish Empire, 1898-1923
ISBN13: 9780198205074ISBN10: 0198205074
Hardback,
288 pages
Mar 1997,
In Stock
Price:
$175.00 (06)Description
This is the first full account in any language of Spain's disastrous war with the United States in 1898, in which it lost the remnants of its old empire. It is also the first comprehensive analysis of the ensuing political and social crisis in Spain from the loss of empire through the First World War to the military coup of 1923. Balfour's study essential reading for anyone interested in the roots of the Spanish crisis in the first half of the twentieth century.Reviews
"All college and university libraries supporting programs in modern European history should buy this book."--Choice
About the Author(s)
Sebastian Balfour, Reader in the Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies,, London School of Economics
