Spain in the nineteenth century: New essays on experiences of culture and society (Interventions: Rethinking the Nineteenth Century)

The Nineteenth-century Hispanic World Was Shattered To Its Core By War, Civil War, And Revolution. At The Same Time, It Confronted A New Period Of European And North-american Expansion And Development. In These Essays, Authors Explore Major, Dynamic Ways That People In Spain Envisaged How They Would Adapt And Change, Or Simply Continue As They Were. Each Chapter Title Begins With The Words How To..., And Examines The Ways In Which Spaniards Conceived Or Undertook Major Activities That Shaped Their Lives. These Range From Telling The Time To Being A Man. Adaptability, Paradox, And Inconsistency Come To The Fore In Many Of The Essays. We Find Before Us A Human Quest For Opportunity And Survival In A Complex And Changing World. This Wide-ranging Book Contains Chapters By Leading Scholars From The United States, United Kingdom, And Spain. How (not) To Make A Durable State / Natalia Sobrevilla Perea -- How To Be Universal / Andrew Ginger -- How To Tell Time / Geraldine Lawless -- How To Be Religious Under Liberalism / Gregorio Alonso -- How To Prescribe A Cure For The Ills Of Art / Oscar Vázquez -- How To Know About Right And Wrong / Alison Sinclair -- How To Be A Man / Collin Mckinney -- How To Be A Writer For The Press-and How To Write About It / Rhian Davies -- How To Be A Cultural Entrepreneur / Henriette Partzsch -- How To Be A Man Of Letters / Raquel Sánchez -- How To Be An Intellectual / Luis G. Martínez Del Campo -- How To Live A Colonial Soldier's Life / Catherine Davies. Edited By Andrew Ginger And Geraldine Lawless. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. The Nineteenth-century Hispanic World Was Shattered To Its Core By War, Civil War, And Revolution. At The Same Time, It Confronted A New Period Of European And North-american Expansion And Development. In These Essays, Authors Explore Major, Dynamic Ways That People In Spain Envisaged How They Would Adapt And Change, Or Simply Continue As They Were. Each Chapter Title Begins With The Words How To..., And Examines The Ways In Which Spaniards Conceived Or Undertook Major Activities That Shaped Their Lives. These Range From Telling The Time To Being A Man. Adaptability, Paradox, And Inconsistency Come To The Fore In Many Of The Essays. We Find Before Us A Human Quest For Opportunity And Survival In A Complex And Changing World. This Wide-ranging Book Contains Chapters By Leading Scholars From The United States, United Kingdom, And Spain. How (not) To Make A Durable State / Natalia Sobrevilla Perea -- How To Be Universal / Andrew Ginger -- How To Tell Time / Geraldine Lawless -- How To Be Religious Under Liberalism / Gregorio Alonso -- How To Prescribe A Cure For The Ills Of Art / Oscar Vázquez -- How To Know About Right And Wrong / Alison Sinclair -- How To Be A Man / Collin Mckinney -- How To Be A Writer For The Press-and How To Write About It / Rhian Davies -- How To Be A Cultural Entrepreneur / Henriette Partzsch -- How To Be A Man Of Letters / Raquel Sánchez -- How To Be An Intellectual / Luis G. Martínez Del Campo -- How To Live A Colonial Soldier's Life / Catherine Davies. Edited By Andrew Ginger And Geraldine Lawless. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Présentation de l'éditeur: "The nineteenth-century Hispanic world was shattered to its core by war, civil war, and revolution. At the same time, it confronted a new period of European and North-American expansion and development. In these essays, authors explore major, dynamic ways that people in Spain envisaged how they would adapt and change, or simply continue as they were. Each chapter title begins with the words "How to ... ", and examines the ways in which Spaniards conceived or undertook major activities that shaped their lives. These range from telling the time to being a man. Adaptability, paradox, and inconsistency come to the fore in many of the essays. We find before us a human quest for opportunity and survival in a complex and changing world. This wide-ranging book contains chapters by leading scholars from the United States, United Kingdom, and Spain." Introduction -- How (not) To Make A Durable State -- How To Be Universal -- How To Tell Time -- How To Be Religious Under Liberalism -- How To Prescribe A Cure For The Ills Of Art -- How To Know About Right And Wrong -- How To Be A Man -- How To Be A Writer For The Press--and How To Write About It -- How To Be A Cultural Entrepreneur -- How To Be A Man Of Letters -- How To Be An Intellectual -- How To Live A Colonial Soldier's Life. Edited By Andrew Ginger And Geraldine Lawless. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Baltimore, Md Available Via World Wide Web. Front matter 1 Contents 6 List of plates 7 List of contributors 9 Introduction 12 How (not) to make a durable state 24 How to be universal 49 How to tell time 74 How to be religious under liberalism 100 How to prescribe a cure for the ills of art 120 How to know about right and wrong 137 How to be a man 158 How to be a writer for the press – and how to write about it 185 How to be a cultural entrepreneur 202 How to be a man of letters 227 How to be an intellectual 244 How to live a colonial soldier’s life 261 Index 281 Confronted by a complex new society, nineteenth-century Spaniards wrestled with how to envisage their lives. From trying to be universal through to acting as a cultural entrepreneur, this volume explores the possibilities and uncertainties that unfolded in their reconfigured world