The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Spanish Civil War
by Professor Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez, Professor Alison Ribeiro de Menezes, Professor Adrian Shubert
In 25 innovative thematic essays, The Bloomsbury Handbook of the Spanish Civil War sees an interdisciplinary team of scholars examine a conflict that, more than 80 years after its conclusion, continues to generate both scholarly and public controversy.Split into four main sections covering Military and Diplomatic Issues, Society and Culture, Politics, and Debates, the volume offers a number of unique features. It is unprecedented in its comprehensiveness and includes chapters on topics that are rarely, if ever, explored in the literature of the field: humanitarianism, children and families, material conditions, the decimation of elites, archives and sources, archaeological approaches, digital approaches, public history, and cultural studies approaches.Instead of discussing each of the two warring sides, Republicans and Francoists, separately, as is so often the case, the book's thematic structure means that these opposing forces are examined together, facilitating comparison and fresh understanding in numerous areas of study. Contributors from the UK, the USA, Canada, Spain and Denmark also analyse the major controversies and disputes surrounding each topic as part of a detailed exploration of one of the seminal events of the 20th century.
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Author Biography
Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez is Professor and Chair of the Department of History at Trent University, Canada. He is the author of nine books, including (with Alison Ribeiro de Menezes and Adrian Shubert), Public Humanities and the Spanish Civil War: Memory and the Digital in Contested Histories (2018), Franco: The Biography of the Myth (2013) and Fear and Progress: Ordinary Lives in Franco's Spain (2009).Alison Ribeiro de Menezes is Professor of Hispanic Studies at the University of Warwick, UK. She has published widely on literature, film and cultural memory in contemporary Spain and Portugal. Her most recent monograph is Embodying Memory in Contemporary Spain (2014).Adrian Shubert is University Professor of History at York University, Toronto, Canada. He is the author of A Social History of Modern Spain, 1800-1990 (1990) and Death and Money in the Afternoon: A History of the Spanish Bullfight (2001) and the co-editor, along with José Alvarez Junco, of The History of Modern Spain (Bloomsbury, 2017). His awards include a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a Killam Research Fellowship, and being named a Commander of the Order of Civil Merit by King Juan Carlos.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Why the Spanish Civil War still matters, Antonio Cazorla-Sánchez, Alison Menezes de Ribeiro, Adrian ShubertPart 1 – Military and Diplomatic Issues1. Causes Francisco J. Romero Salvadó (University of Bristol, UK)2. Military History Fernando Puell de la Villa (University Institute General Gutiérrez Mellado, Spain)3. Soldiers and Officers James Matthews (Independent Scholar, Spain)4. International Intervention Angel Viñas (Independent Scholar, Spain)Part 2 - Society and Culture5. Material Conditions Joan Serrallonga, Just Casas and Manuel Santirso (all Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)6. Gender Nerea Aresti and Miren Llona (both University of the Basque Country, Spain)7. Cultural Production Sandie Holguin (Oklahoma University, USA)8. Children and Childhood Verónica Sierra Blas (University of Alcalá Henares, Spain)9. Refugees and Exiles David Alegre (University of Girona, Spain) and Javier Rodrigo (Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain)10. International Humanitarianism Kerrie Holloway (Queen Mary University of London, UK)Part 3 - Politics11. Politics and the State Nigel Townson (University Complutense of Madrid, Spain)12. Economics Elena Martínez Ruiz (University Alacalá de Henares, Spain)13. Nationalisms X.M Núñez Seixas (University Santiago de Compostela, Spain)14. Religion Mary Vincent (University of Sheffield, UK)15. Repression Peter Anderson (University of Leeds, UK)16. Repression of Elites Octavio Ruiz Manjón (University Complutense of Madrid, Spain)Part 4 - Debates, Methodologies and Cultural Production17. Historiography Pamela Radcliff (University of California-San Diego, USA)18. Archives Jesús Espinosa (Archivo General de la Administración, Spain)19. Memory Paloma Aguilar (UNED, Spain) and Carsten Jacob Humlebæk (Copenhagen Business School, Denmark)20. Archaeology Alfredo González Ruibal (National Research Council – CSIC, Spain)21. Public History Antonio Cazorla-Sánchez (Trent University, Canada) and Adrian Shubert (York University, Canada)22. Digital Approaches Andrea Davis (Arkansas State University, USA)23. Film Duncan Wheeler (University of Leeds, UK)24. Theatre Emilio Peral Vega (University Complutense of Madrid, Spain)25. New Cultural Directions Alison Menezes de Ribeiro (University of Warwick, UK)BibliographyIndex
Review
This volume offers an impressive showcase of new historical understandings of the Spanish civil war. Given the breadth and variety of approaches deployed and the comprehensiveness of the topics covered, it will be welcomed by undergraduate teachers and researchers as well as readers interested in twentieth first century European history. * Judith Keene, School of Humanities, University of Sydney, Australia *
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A thematically-arranged, interdisciplinary companion to the Spanish Civil War.
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