Unit name | The Spanish Civil War, 1936 - 1939 |
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Unit code | HISP30076 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | H/6 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 2 (weeks 13 - 24) |
Unit director | Dr. Paco Romero Salvado |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Department of Hispanic, Portuguese and Latin American Studies |
Faculty | Faculty of Arts |
This unit analyses Spain's brutal fratricidal conflict. Students will have access to a rich number of primary sources with which to explore key themes such as the comparative evolution of both warring camps including domestic repression, propaganda, mobilisation and centralisation as well as the crucial impact of the international response to the course and outcome of the war. This will include the way in which the Spanish conflict itself shaped the consciousness of European nationals and had an immense effect on the continental balance of power. The unit will conclude with a brief view of the war's legacy: the Spain that emerged in 1939 and the foundations of General Franco's new state.
Aims:
Successful students will:
Two seminar hours per week across one teaching block (22 contact hours).
Essay 33.3%, exam 66.6%
H. Graham, The Republic at War (Cambridge University Press, 2002).
E. Moradiellos, El Reñidero de Europa. Las Dimensiones Internacionales de la Guerra Civil Española (Península, 2001).
P. Preston, A Concise History of the Spanish Civil War (Routledge, 1996).
P. Preston & A. Mackenzie (eds), The Republic Besieged (Edinburgh University Press, 1996).
F.J. Romero Salvadó, The Spanish Civil War: Origins, Course and Outcomes (Palgrave, 2005).
H. Thomas, The Spanish Civil War (Pelican, 1977).