: An extensive 784-page study based on deep archival research.
: Villa García challenges the traditional view of early 20th-century Spain as a backwards, stagnant nation. He instead describes it as a dynamic, European-style constitutional monarchy with freedoms comparable to those in the UK or Belgium at the time. 1917. El Estado catalan y el soviet espanol-hol...
: The author argues these uprisings "cut short" the natural democratization of the Restoration regime , leading directly to the 1923 dictatorship of Primo de Rivera and eventually the Spanish Civil War. Publication Details : An extensive 784-page study based on deep
: The emergence of "Juntas de Defensa" (military committees) that challenged civilian authority. : The author argues these uprisings "cut short"
: The book details three distinct but overlapping revolts that occurred in 1917:
: The push by Catalan elites for self-determination and an "Estado Catalán".