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Fear and Progress: Ordinary Lives in Franco's Spain, 1939-1975

ISBN: 978-1-4443-0650-7
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304 pages
October 2009, Wiley-Blackwell
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Utilizing hundreds of confidential documents from authorities in the Franco government, Fear and Progress: Ordinary Lives in Franco's Spain, 1939-1975 recounts the experiences of Spanish citizens who lived during the 40-year Franco dictatorship.
  • Rejects traditional explanations of the length of Franco's power and the dictator's legacy
  • Utilizes hundreds of confidential documents from authorities in the Franco government
  • Provides insights into life during the Franco era: how political violence and repression were experienced; how the dictatorship exploited illusions of peace and prosperity for its own benefit; and how the regime's legacy was manipulated
  • Reveals the Franco government's social callousness and manipulation of events