Tourism And Dictatorship: Europe's Peaceful Invasion Of Franco's Spain Hardcover
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Sasha D. Pack
Book Description
Following WWII, the authoritarian and morally austere dictatorship of General Francisco Franco's Spain became the playground for millions of carefree tourists from Europe's prosperous democracies. This book chronicles how this helped to strengthen Franco's regime and economic and political standing.
ISBN-13
9781403975027
Language
English
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Publication Date
27 October 2006
Number of Pages
273
About the Author
SASHA D. PACK is Assistant Professor of History at the University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, USA, where he teaches courses in Modern European and World History.
Editorial Review
"La invasion pacifica [Spanish title='The Peaceful Invasion'] is a thought-provoking and very well documented work by the historian Sasha D. Pack." - Sr. Rodriguez Rivero, El Pais