Overview
- Explores the Catalan perspective and it's relationship with Spain from within
- Engages with debate on nationalism, regionalism and European integration
- Assesses the impact of the global economy on national governments
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History (PEHS)
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This book explores the complex history of Catalonia in relation to Spain from an economic and political perspective. It begins in the Middle Ages and ends in the present day, analysing the intricate political problems of modern day Catalonia within a context of European integration and nationalism.
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Table of contents (8 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Gabriel Tortella is Professor Emeritus of Economic History at the Universidad de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain. He received the King Juan Carlos Economics Prize in 1994, and has been President of the International Economic History Association, the Spanish Economic History Association, and Chairman of the Academic Council of the European Association for Banking and Financial History, Frankfurt. Among his many publications, recent books include The Development of Modern Spain, The Origins of the Twenty-First, with J. A. Consiglio and J. C. Martínez Oliva, Banking and Finance in the Mediterranean with Gloria Quiroga, Entrepreneurship and Growth (Palgrave, 2013), and with José Luis García Ruiz, Spanish Money and Banking (Palgrave, 2013).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Catalonia in Spain
Book Subtitle: History and Myth
Authors: Gabriel Tortella
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-54951-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-54950-7Published: 05 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85529-5Published: 03 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-54951-4Published: 22 August 2017
Series ISSN: 2662-6497
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6500
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 312
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: Economic History, Macroeconomics/Monetary Economics//Financial Economics, European History, European Union Politics, Comparative Politics, European Integration