Spain's First Democracy: The Second Republic, 1931-1936

by Stanley G. Payne

The emergence and early success of the Second Republic in Spain was the most unusual, and probably the most positive, political event in Europe during the first years of the Great Depression. Payne presents a detailed, but highly readable account of what went right and what went wrong, culminating (with the beginning of the Civil War) in the concluding chapter, "Why did the Republic fail?" Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Hardcover

First published May 15, 1993

About the author

Stanley G. Payne is a historian of modern Spain and European Fascism at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He retired from full time teaching in 2004 and is currently Professor Emeritus at its Department of History.