Table of Contents

1. Prologue 2. Planting the Seed of the Nation in an Old State (1808-1833) 3. Spanish Liberal Nationalism in Search for a Mass Audience (1834-1875) 4. The Non-Solution to the National Problem(s): The Restoration Regime (1875-1923) 5. Military Dictatorship as Solution to the Nationalization of the Masses? (1923-1931) 6. The 2nd Spanish Republic: The Short-lived Success of the Liberal National Project (1931-1939) 7. The Civil War 1936-1939 8. The Franco Regime (1939-1975) 9. The Death of Franco as Solution and Postponement 10. The New, Democratic and European Spain: United and Divisions Forgotten? 11. The Reappearance of the Question of the Past since 2000: Memory Politics in Spain 12. Accommodating the Various Nationalist Pretensions in Spain: Is it Possible? 13. Epilogue: Crisis in Spain and its Effects on the National Tensions Index

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This book presents the development of modern Spanish national identity in a comprehensive, accessible way.

About the Author

Carsten Humlebæk is Associate Professor of Spanish Cultural and Social Analysis in the Department of International Business Communication at the Copenhagen Business School, Denmark.

Reviews

The style of writing is clear, the argument well-structured and the author offers a vivid, concise and dynamic summary of scholarly research on nation building in Spain.
*European History Quarterly*

The book is well written and accessible to undergraduates, who will find in it a handy synthesis in English dedicated to the national issues in Spain ... done with an unbiased and qualified point of view, which is refreshing and might be useful even to Spanish readers. We already knew that Spain is a weak and divided Nation-state, as far as its national cohesion and collective imagination are concerned, but now we understand better why.
*Nations and Nationalism*