The Modern Spain Sourcebook - by Aurora G Morcillo & María Asunción Gómez & Paula de la Cruz-Fernández (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>Incorporating a wide range of visual and translated written sources, <i>The Modern Spain Sourcebook</i><b> </b>documents Spain's history from the Enlightenment to the present.<br/><br/>The book is thematically arranged and includes six key primary sources on ten significant areas of Spanish history, including the arts, work, education, religion, politics, sexuality and empire. As well as the book's overarching introduction, there are theme-specific introductions and vital historical context sections provided for the sources that are presented. There are also useful suggested analytical questions and helpful web link lists included throughout.<br/><i><br/></i><i></i><i>The Modern Spain Sourcebook </i>covers political and economic history, but moves beyond this to provide a more complete picture of Spanish history through the sources selected with gender history, social history and cultural history coming to the fore. This is a crucial text containing a vital trove of primary material for all students of Spain and its history.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>A well-balanced, much-needed book which historians of modern Spain have been waiting on for decades. They will not be disappointed.<br/>Antonio Cazorla Sánchez, Professor and Chair, Trent University, Canada<br><br>An original and enlightening anthology that goes well beyond the traditional scope of most classroom readers. These aptly chosen and well translated documents will stimulate plenty of reflection and fruitful discussions, and they can also serve as an excellent base for written work in a variety of classes.<br/>Geoffrey Jensen, Professor and John Biggs '30 Chair in Military History, Virginia Military Institute, USA<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><p><b>Aurora G. Morcillo </b>is Professor of History at Florida International University, USA. She is the author of <i>Cultural and Social Memory of the Spanish Civil War: Realms of Oblivion </i>(2014)<i>, </i> <i>The Seduction of Modern Spain: The Female Body and the Francoist Body Politic</i> (2010) and <i>True Catholic Womanhood: Gender Ideology in Franco Spain </i>(2000). <p/><b>María Asunción Gómez </b>is Professor of Spanish at Florida International University, USA. She is the author of <i>La madre muerta: El mito matricida en la literatura y el cine españoles</i> (2016) and <i>Del escenario a la pantalla: La adaptación cinematográfica del teatro español</i> (2000), and the co-editor, along with Santiago Juan-Navarro and Phyllis Zatlin, of <i>History and Myth of the Mad Queen: Modern Representations of Juana of Castile</i> (2008). <p/><b>Paula De La Cruz-Fernández </b>is instructor in history, research historian, and digital archivist. <p/><b>José Manuel Morcillo-Gómez </b>is Visiting Instructor in Spanish at the University of Qingdao, China. He is a PhD Candidate in Spanish at Florida International University, USA.</p>
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