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Memory and Amnesia The Role of the Spanish Civil War in the Transition to Democracy

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ISBN-10: 1571814965

ISBN-13: 9781571814968

Edition: 2002

Authors: Paloma Aguilar, Mark Gordon Oakley

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Using a rich variety of sources, this book explores how the historical memory of the Spanish Civil War influenced the transition to democracy in Spain after Franco's death in 1975.
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Book details

List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: Berghahn Books, Incorporated
Publication date: 8/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 356
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.85" tall
Weight: 1.034

Acronyms
Glossary
Acknowledgements
Acknowledgements for the English Edition
Foreword for the English Edition
Preface
Regarding Memory, Learning and Amnesia
The Generational Question
Theoretical and Conceptual Framework
Presentism
Taxidermism
Amnesia Learning Ceremonies and Monuments
Methodology and Sources
From the Justification of War to the exaltation of Peace: The Development of Official Discourse during the Franco Period
Alternating Legitimacy
Origin-based Legitimacy and Performance-based Legitimacy
Champions of Francoist Legitimacy
From War to Peace
Sources of Political Socialisation
No-Do Historical Narrative
Commemorations of the Civil War
Monuments of the Victors
Legendary Sites of the Defeated
Policies of Reconciliation and Policies of Vengeance
From Punishment to Forgiveness
From Munich to the Organic Law of State
Symbols and Myths Relating to the Civil War
Towards the Convergence of Interpretations
Mythical Constructions of Francoism
Regarding the Civil War
Regarding Reconciliation and the Defeated
The Memory of War and the Lessons of Peace in the Democratic Transition
Economic and Social Characteristics of the Transition
History as Magistra Vitae
Institutional Structure
Reconciliation
Consensus
Conclusion
Bibliography
Tables
Graphs
Appendices
Index