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1 online resource (280 pages) |
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Routledge Historical Biographies |
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Routledge historical biographies
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Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of plates; Acknowledgements; Introduction: A different type of biography; 1 Military hero, 1912-1936; African fortunes; So many heroes; War spoils; Republican general; Plotter; 2 Saviour of Spain, 1936-1939; A traumatic war; Constructing a myth; Hagiographies; Seen from abroad; 3 Man of peace, 1939-1947; The meanings of victory; A precarious peace; A post-war oddity; A captured future; The appropriation of memory; 4 Moderate ruler, 1947-1961; The lonely anti-Communist; The good dictator; The talker; New hagiographies; Twenty years of peace |
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5 Bestower of prosperity, 1961-1975Twenty-five years of peace; From peace to progress; A satisfied ruler; The dictatorship challenged; Death; 6 Memory, 1975-2012; Transitions; Historians; Common values, divided memories; Bibliography; Index |
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General Francisco Franco, also called the Caudillo, was the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. His life has been examined in many previous biographies. However, most of these have been traditional, linear biographies that focus on Franco's military and political careers, neglecting the significance of who exactly Franco was for the millions of Spaniards over whom he ruled for almost forty years. In this new biography Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez looks at Franco from a fresh perspective, emphasizing the cultural and social over the political. Cazorla-Sanchez' |
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Print version record |
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Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975.
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Franco, Francisco, 1892-1975 fast |
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Propaganda -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
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Social psychology -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
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Collective memory -- Spain -- History -- 20th century
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Heads of state -- Spain -- Biography
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Generals -- Spain -- Biography
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Collective memory
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Generals
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Heads of state
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Propaganda
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Social psychology
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Spain -- History -- 1939-1975. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85126139
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Spain
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Biographies
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781134449491 |
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1134449496 |
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