{"product_id":"spain-europe-and-the-spanish-miracle-1700-1900","title":"Spain, Europe, and the 'Spanish Miracle', 1700–1900","description":"\u003cp\u003eDavid Ringrose here re-examines the history of Spain in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He challenges the pessimism of prevailing assumptions about Spanish history, and its conventional separation into pre- and post-Napoleonic eras. Spain, Europe, and the 'Spanish Miracle', 1700–1900 also questions the importance of the empire for Spain's own economy, suggesting instead that Spain evolved as part of Europe; indeed, some of the recently documented modernisation of the nineteenth century was already well under way in the eighteenth. In addition, the emergence of a governing élite closely tied to provincial society is placed in the context of traditional networks of patronage based upon close-knit family ties. Such a perspective makes the transitions of the 1930s and 1970s easier to explain. This important and challenging book will change our understanding of the history of modern Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46647415800046,"sku":"9780521434867","price":203.37,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0630\/9612\/7726\/files\/9780521434867.jpg?v=1750171407","url":"https:\/\/bookland.com.au\/products\/spain-europe-and-the-spanish-miracle-1700-1900","provider":"Book Land AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}