Modernizing the Nation – Spain During the Reign of Alfonso XIII, 1902–1931

Modernizing the Nation: Spain During the Reign of Alfonso XIII, 1902-1931\nby Javier Moreno Luz\u00F3n\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Javier Moreno Luz\u00F3n\nTitle: Modernizing the Nation: Spain During the Reign of Alfonso XIII, 1902-1931\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: European history\nPublisher: Liverpool University Press\nPublication year: 2016\nISBN-13: 9781845198107\nISBN-10: 1845198107\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nThis book is a new short history of Spain during a crucial period, the reign of Alfonso XIII (1902-1931). Traditionally, this has been seen as a time that epitomised the worst features of 'old Spain': a backward country, poor and chronically unequal, with a government dominated by a tiny oligarchy ruling over a corrupt system -- an anomaly in Wester.