The Development of Modern Spain: An Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth CenturiesThis reinterpretation of the history of modern Spain from the Enlightenment to the threshold of the twenty-first century explains the surprising changes that took Spain from a backward and impoverished nation, with decades of stagnation, civil disorder, and military rule, to one of the ten most developed economies in the world. The culmination of twenty years' work by the dean of economic history in Spain, founder of the Revista de Historia Económica and recipient of the Premio Rey Juan Carlos, Spain's highest honor for an academic, the book is rigorously analytical and quantitative, but eminently accessible. It reveals views and approaches little explored until now, showing how the main stages of Spanish political history have been largely determined by economic developments and by a seldom mentioned factor: human capital formation. It is comparative throughout, and concludes by applying the lessons of Spanish history to the plight of today's developing nations. |
Contents
An Overview | 1 |
1 Indices of income per capita and industrial production in Spain | 2 |
3 Illiteracy rates in six European countries 18501910 | 13 |
1 Population of Spain 17871900 | 32 |
4 Population of Spain by regions 17871900 | 42 |
Persistent Underdevelopment | 50 |
1 Value of properties disentailed during the nineteenth century | 55 |
3 Estimated agricultural production averages for decades | 62 |
3 Distribution of Spains population by regions 17871980 | 257 |
6 Primary school attendance and literacy in Spain | 263 |
1 Areas under specific crops 189195 through 1985 | 270 |
2 Agricultural output productivity and yields 19001980 | 282 |
12 | 285 |
5 Livestock censuses 18911984 | 289 |
7 The share of agriculture in the GNP and its productivity among | 295 |
Industrial Takeoff | 298 |
A Long Infancy | 73 |
1 Imports of raw baled cotton through the port of Barcelona | 77 |
3 Spanish production of iron and steel 18601904 | 88 |
6 Spanish mining output 18301904 | 99 |
9 Production and export of iron ore in various European countries | 102 |
10 Industrialization per capita in various European countries | 114 |
Transportation and Commerce | 115 |
2 Extension of the Spanish railroad network 18501935 | 122 |
3 Composition of Spains foreign trade 1827 through | 137 |
amounts paid up 17681891 | 151 |
Money and Banking | 156 |
1 Approximate composition of the money supply | 161 |
7 | 173 |
1 Budget revenues expenditures and balances 18501854 | 177 |
8 | 179 |
3 Accumulated budget expenditures 18501890 | 184 |
18501902 | 185 |
9 | 221 |
The Twentieth Century | 228 |
Demographic Modernization | 241 |
1 Population of Spain in the twentieth century | 242 |
1 Spanish industry by sectors 19001980 | 302 |
3 Aspects of the construction industry in Spain 18601935 | 309 |
13 | 322 |
6 Main industrial sectors and their growth rates 19581972 | 329 |
8 Consumption of primary energy in Spain 18601980 | 347 |
9 Industrial production in four key sectors 19001985 | 356 |
The Foreign Sector | 359 |
14 | 370 |
The Evolution of Money and Banking | 377 |
1 Number of banks in Spain 19001983 | 387 |
16 | 408 |
1 The share of public expenditure in national income in various | 410 |
2 Comparison of the central government budgets of Spain | 417 |
4 Disparities in income per capita in the Spanish regions | 437 |
Conclusions | 440 |
1 Public expenditure as a percentage of GNP for various countries | 456 |
Chronology | 465 |
Notes | 473 |
Works Cited | 485 |
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