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Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez - Franco: The Biography of the Myth - 9780415471732 - V9780415471732
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Franco: The Biography of the Myth

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Description for Franco: The Biography of the Myth Paperback. Series: Routledge Historical Biographies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 black & white halftones, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.

General Francisco Franco, also called the Caudillo, was the dictator of Spain from 1939 until his death in 1975. His life has been examined in many previous biographies. However, most of these have been traditional, linear biographies that focus on Franco’s military and political careers, neglecting the significance of who exactly Franco was for the millions of Spaniards over whom he ruled for almost forty years.

In this new biography Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez looks at Franco from a fresh perspective, emphasizing the cultural and social over the political. Cazorla-Sanchez's Franco uses previously unknown archival sources to analyse how the dictator was portrayed ... Read more

The book has a significance that goes well beyond Spain, as Cazorla-Sanchez explores the all-too-common experience of what it is like to live under the deep shadow cast by an always officially praised, ever present, and long lasting dictator.

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Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Series
Routledge Historical Biographies
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780415471732
SKU
V9780415471732
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-1

Reviews for Franco: The Biography of the Myth
Choice recommended "Franco: The Biography of the Myth provides a much-needed and nuanced perspective on the study of this regime and its dictator and is recommended for college and university libraries, as well as those interested in the history of modern Spain, European dictatorship, and biography." Wayne H. Bowen, Southeast Missouri State University in The Historian "Written with ... Read more

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