Spain
Subtitle: A Unique History
By: Stanley G. Payne
Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Madison, Wis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780299250249
Subjects: Historiography; History
Work titles: España
Notes: Originally published in Spain as España : una historia única, c2008.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 259-283) and index.
Table of contents: title: The formation of a Hispanist; title: A reading of the history of Spain. Visigoths and Asturians: "Spaniards"? ; Spain and Islam: the myth of Al-Andalus ; Reconquest and crusade: a "Spanish ideology"? ; Spain and the west ; Identity, monarchy, empire ; Spain and Portugal ; Decline and recovery ; The problem of Spanish liberalism; title: Dilemmas of contemporary history. A republic; title: without democrats? ; Who was responsible? Origins of the Civil War of 1936 ; Moscow and Madrid: a controversial relationship ; The Spanish Civil War: last episode of World War I or opening round of World War II? ; Spanish fascism; title: a strange case? ; Francisco Franco: fascist monster or savior of the fatherland? In the shadow of the military ; Controversies over history in contemporary Spain.