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Britain’s Informal Empire in Spain, 1830-1950

Free Trade, Protectionism and Military Power

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Authors:
  1. Nick Sharman

    1. University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

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  • Explores Anglo-Spanish relations through the increasingly relevant concept of ‘informal’ colony
  • Corrects the traditional consensus that Spain’s protectionist movement was simply reactionary
  • Comprises two main sections on British policy and the impact on Spain’s economic and political policy-making

Part of the book series: Britain and the World (BAW)

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  3. Part II

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 147-148
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    2. The Spanish Challenge to Britain’s Free Trade Imperialism

      • Nick Sharman
      Pages 149-171

    3. The Rise of Economic Nationalism

      • Nick Sharman
      Pages 173-192

    4. Economic Nationalism to Autarky

      • Nick Sharman
      Pages 193-217

    5. Conclusion

      • Nick Sharman
      Pages 219-223

  4. Back Matter

    Pages 225-241
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About this book

Based on five years of archival research, this book offers a radical reinterpretation of Britain and Spain’s relationship during the growth, apogee and decline of the British Empire. It shows that from the early nineteenth century Britain turned Spain into an ‘informal’ colony, using its economic and military dominance to achieve its strategic and economic ends. Britain’s free trade campaign, which aimed to tear down the legal barriers to its explosive trade and investment expansion, undermined Spain’s attempts to achieve industrial take-off, demonstrating that the relationship between the two countries was imperial in nature, and not simply one of unequal national power. Exploring five key moments of crisis in their relations, from the First Carlist War in the 1830s to the Second World War, the author analyses Britain’s use of military force in achieving its goals, and the consequences that this had for economic and political policy-making in Spain. Ultimately, the Anglo-Spanish relationship was an early example of the interaction between industrial power and colonies, formal and informal, that characterised the post-World War Two period. An insightful read for anyone researching the British Empire and its colonies, this book offers an innovative perspective by closely examining the volatile relationship between two European powers.

Authors and Affiliations

  • University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK

    Nick Sharman

About the author

Nick Sharman is a Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham where his subject is the economic and political relationship between Britain and Spain in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. He has had a career in business and in local and regional government and has written widely on strategic regeneration policy issues and more recently, on the history of the Anglo-Spanish relationship.

 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Britain’s Informal Empire in Spain, 1830-1950

  • Book Subtitle: Free Trade, Protectionism and Military Power

  • Authors: Nick Sharman

  • Series Title: Britain and the World

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-77950-4

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham

  • eBook Packages: History, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-77949-8Published: 27 September 2021

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-77952-8Published: 28 September 2022

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-77950-4Published: 25 September 2021

  • Series ISSN: 2947-7182

  • Series E-ISSN: 2947-7190

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 241

  • Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: History of Britain and Ireland, Imperialism and Colonialism, History, general, History of Military, European History

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