The Origins of Catalan Nationalism, 1770-1898

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Springer, 2014 M03 26 - 304 pages
This book looks at the reasons behind the emergence of a Catalan nationalist movement from the late 1880s, one of the most important developments that took place in nineteenth-century Spain, with the 'Catalan question' thereafter never far from the centre of the Spanish political stage.
 

Contents

Acknowledgments
Catalonia from the Ancien Régime
Catalonia in the Spanish NationBuilding Project 181568
LiberalismRomanticism and the Consolidation of a Cultural
Centralization Decentralization and the Construction of
The CatalanHaute Bourgeoisieand theState187598
Conclusions
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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Angel Smith is Reader in Modern Spanish History at the University of Leeds, UK. He has worked predominately in the areas of Spanish labour and social history and national identities and nationalisms in Spain. His most recent works are The Agony of Spanish Liberalism: From Revolution to Dictatorship, 1913–23 (edited with Francisco J. Romero Salvadó), Historical Dictionary of Spain, 2nd ed. (2009) and Anarchism, Revolution and Reaction: Catalan Labour and the Crisis of the Spanish State, 1898–1923 (2007)..

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