Sánchez, Antonio Cazorla
Fear and Progress: Ordinary Lives in Franco's Spain, 1939-1975
Utilizing hundreds of confidential documents from authorities in the Franco government, Fear and Progress: Ordinary Lives in Franco's Spain, 1939-1975 recounts the experiences of Spanish citizens who lived during the 40-year Franco dictatorship.
- Rejects traditional explanations of the length of Franco's power and the dictator's legacy
- Utilizes hundreds of confidential documents from authorities in the Franco government
- Provides insights into life during the Franco era: how political violence and repression were experienced; how the dictatorship exploited illusions of peace and prosperity for its own benefit; and how the regime's legacy was manipulated
- Reveals the Franco government's social callousness and manipulation of events
Keywords: Spain, dictatorship, Spanish Civil War, ordinary lives, everyday life, 20th century Spain, fascism
- Author(s)
- Sánchez, Antonio Cazorla
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons, Inc.
- Publication year
- 2009
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 296 pages
- Category
- History
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9781444306507
- Printed ISBN
- 9781405133159