Memory and Amnesia : : The Role of the Spanish Civil War in the Transition to Democracy / / Paloma Aguilar.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2000-2013
• VerfasserIn: Aguilar, Paloma,
• Place / Publishing House: New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2002]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2002
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (356 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; CONTENTS --; ACRONYMS --; GLOSSARY --; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS --; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FOR THE ENGLISH EDITION --; FOREWORD FOR THE ENGLISH EDITION --; PREFACE --; CHAPTER 1 REGARDING MEMORY, LEARNING AND AMNESIA --; Introduction --; Theoretical and Conceptual Framework --; Methodology and Sources --; CHAPTER 2 FROM THE JUSTIFICATION OF WAR TO THE EXALTATION OF PEACE: THE DEVELOPMENT OF OFFICIAL DISCOURSE DURING THE FRANCO PERIOD --; Alternating Legitimacy --; Sources of Political Socialisation --; Policies of Reconciliation and Policies of Vengeance --; Symbols and Myths Relating to the Civil War --; CHAPTER 3 THE MEMORY OF WAR AND THE LESSONS OF PEACE IN THE DEMOCRATIC TRANSITION --; Economic and Social Characteristics of the Transition --; History as Magistra Vitae --; CONCLUSION --; BIBLIOGRAPHY --; TABLES --; GRAPHS --; APPENDICES --; INDEX
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781782384854; 9783110998283
• DOI: 10.1515/9781782384854?locatt=mode:legacy
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Paloma Aguilar.

Using a rich variety of sources such as official newsreels, school textbooks, the work of contemporary historians, memoirs, official documents, legislation, and monuments, this book explores how the historical memory of the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) influenced the transition to democracy in Spain after Franco's death in 1975. The author traces the development of official discourse on the War throughout the Franco period and describes the régime's attempts to achieve political legitimacy. Although there was no universal consensus regarding the events of the Civil War, general agreement did exist concerning the main lesson which should be drawn from it: never again should Spaniards become embroiled in a fratricidal conflict.