Adrian Shubert
York University, History, Faculty Member
- Adrian Shubert, a historian of modern Spain and Europe, is University Professor of History at York University, Toront... moreAdrian Shubert, a historian of modern Spain and Europe, is University Professor of History at York University, Toronto. His books include A Social History of Modern Spain, Death and Money in the Afternoon: A History of the Spanish Bullfight, The West and the World: Contacts, Conflicts, Connections and the forthcoming biography of Baldomero Espartero, El Pacificador. Baldomero Espartero y la formación de la España contemporánea. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and a Commander of Spain's Order of Civil Merit.edit
Institute for the Humanities University of Calgary ... In his otherwise excellent study of the labour movement in the Basque prov inces, Politico Obrera en el Pais Vasco, 1880-1923 (Madrid, Turner, 1975), Jaun Pablo Fusi complained of the... more
Institute for the Humanities University of Calgary ... In his otherwise excellent study of the labour movement in the Basque prov inces, Politico Obrera en el Pais Vasco, 1880-1923 (Madrid, Turner, 1975), Jaun Pablo Fusi complained of the "exaggerated attention that has been ...
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... Memories of Resistance: Women's voices from the Spanish Civil War. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Mangini González, Shirley. PUBLISHER: Yale University Press (New Haven). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1995. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN... more
... Memories of Resistance: Women's voices from the Spanish Civil War. Post a Comment. CONTRIBUTORS: Author: Mangini González, Shirley. PUBLISHER: Yale University Press (New Haven). SERIES TITLE: YEAR: 1995. PUB TYPE: Book (ISBN 0300058160 ). ...
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... | Ayuda. Deadly Embrace: Morocco and the Road to the Spanish Civil War. Autores: Adrian Shubert; Localización: Journal of modern history , ISSN 0022-2801, Nº. 1, 2005 , pags. 210-212. © 2001-2009 Universidad de La Rioja · Todos los... more
... | Ayuda. Deadly Embrace: Morocco and the Road to the Spanish Civil War. Autores: Adrian Shubert; Localización: Journal of modern history , ISSN 0022-2801, Nº. 1, 2005 , pags. 210-212. © 2001-2009 Universidad de La Rioja · Todos los derechos reservados. XHTML 1.0; UTF‑ ...
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... The more general connection be-tween past and present is exemplified by the early juxtaposition of two images (3)???Albert Speer's project for the great hall of the Nazi regime and Carlo... more
... The more general connection be-tween past and present is exemplified by the early juxtaposition of two images (3)???Albert Speer's project for the great hall of the Nazi regime and Carlo Maderno's fa??ade of the basilica of St. Peter's in Rome. ...
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ISSN-L: 1575-0361, núm. 34, Madrid, julio-diciembre (2015), págs. 211-237
http://dx.doi.org/10.18042/hp.34.08
ISSN-L: 1575-0361, núm. 34, Madrid, julio-diciembre (2015), págs. 211-237
http://dx.doi.org/10.18042/hp.34.08
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This is the text of my keynote lecture at the 2013 meeting of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies in which I reflect on the changes brought about by the digital revolution, their benefits and the challenges they... more
This is the text of my keynote lecture at the 2013 meeting of the Association for Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies in which I reflect on the changes brought about by the digital revolution, their benefits and the challenges they pose.
... 2-3 (1981): 48-67. * On the cultural debate, see, for example, Pedro Lain Entralgo, Espaha como pro-blema, 2 vols.(Madrid: Aguilar, 1962); Juan Lopez-Morillas, Hacia el 98: Literatura, sociedad, e ideologia (Barcelona: Ariel, 1972);... more
... 2-3 (1981): 48-67. * On the cultural debate, see, for example, Pedro Lain Entralgo, Espaha como pro-blema, 2 vols.(Madrid: Aguilar, 1962); Juan Lopez-Morillas, Hacia el 98: Literatura, sociedad, e ideologia (Barcelona: Ariel, 1972); Jose-Carlos Mainer, La edad de plata (1902 ...
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... and the Rise of the Third Republic 46 5. The Revolution Hits the Small Bourgeoisie 57 6 ... not involved in international alliances and military conflict, Spain was in this way closely associated ... edition, which Bolloten finished... more
... and the Rise of the Third Republic 46 5. The Revolution Hits the Small Bourgeoisie 57 6 ... not involved in international alliances and military conflict, Spain was in this way closely associated ... edition, which Bolloten finished only in the very last weeks of his long and remarkable life. ...
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In his recent book Oil Companies in the International System, Louis Turner takes a critical 'look at the myths that have built up around the relationship between national governments and oil com- panies'.'... more
In his recent book Oil Companies in the International System, Louis Turner takes a critical 'look at the myths that have built up around the relationship between national governments and oil com- panies'.' Working with only a 'patchy' historical record, Turner concludes that ...
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... Armed Forces & Society, Vol. 10, No. 4, 529-542 (1984) DOI: 10.1177/ 0095327X8401000403 The Military Threat To Spanish Democracy: A Historical Perspective. Adrian Shubert Stanford University. Military intervention in politics ...
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The HISTORICAL PRACTICE Of DIVERSIT Transcultural Interactions from the Early Modern Mediterranean to the Postcolonial World Edited by Adrian Shubert ... The Historical Practice of Diversity This One I II III II F8FS-6E7-WT4G ... The... more
The HISTORICAL PRACTICE Of DIVERSIT Transcultural Interactions from the Early Modern Mediterranean to the Postcolonial World Edited by Adrian Shubert ... The Historical Practice of Diversity This One I II III II F8FS-6E7-WT4G ... The Historical Practice of Diversity ...
The working class of Spain greeted the Second Republic with exceptional enthusiasm. For them it did not mean a mere change of political organization. The Republic carried with it the promise of major social change. In September 1931 one... more
The working class of Spain greeted the Second Republic with exceptional enthusiasm. For them it did not mean a mere change of political organization. The Republic carried with it the promise of major social change. In September 1931 one coal-miner in Asturias wrote to the local ...
While multicultural composition of nations has become a catchword in public debates, few educators, not to speak of the general public, realize that cultural interaction was the rule throughout history. Starting with the... more
While multicultural composition of nations has become a catchword in public debates, few educators, not to speak of the general public, realize that cultural interaction was the rule throughout history. Starting with the Islam-Christian-Jewish Mediterranean world of the early modern ...
This essay presents a friendly and supportive comment on Woolf’s timely and thought-provoking article, “Come and See the Poor People: The Pursuit of Exotica." It is also intended to broaden and sharpen his critique.
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Bajo este lema la Fundación José Barreiro organizó en Oviedo y ocho pueblos más de Asturias, una serie de jornadas históricas para conmemorar el 50 aniversario de la revolución asturiana de octubre de 1934. La Fundación José Barreiro... more
Bajo este lema la Fundación José Barreiro organizó en Oviedo y ocho pueblos más de Asturias, una serie de jornadas históricas para conmemorar el 50 aniversario de la revolución asturiana de octubre de 1934. La Fundación José Barreiro (institución Socialista) gastó muchas energías y mucho dinero (5 millones de pesetas) en organizar estas jornadas e hizo un gran esfuerzo para que colaboraran todas las personas relevantes, tanto historiadores como protagonistas, fueran las que fuesen sus simpatías o afiliación políticas. Entre los protagonistas figuraban Ramón Alvarez de la CNT, Juan Ambou del PCE, Manuel Grossi del Bloque Obrero y Campesino y Amaro del Rosal del PSOE y el PCE.
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In 2004, the British journal Social History published a special issue on modern Spain. This was, to my knowledge, an unprecedented event. My contribution was a short report entitled «Spanish historians and the English-speaking world» in... more
In 2004, the British journal Social History published a special issue on modern Spain. This was, to my knowledge, an unprecedented event. My contribution was a short report entitled «Spanish historians and the English-speaking world» in which I looked at the place of modern Spain in European history, primarily in North America, and the role of historians from Spain. I started the piece by referring to a «cuarenta principales» song from the 1970s, «I never been to Spain», to make the underlyin...
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Historians of modern Europe have lately become interested in hero cults and what they can reveal about the construction of national identities. This interest has begun to move beyond studies located in individual states to examine this... more
Historians of modern Europe have lately become interested in hero cults and what they can reveal about the construction of national identities. This interest has begun to move beyond studies located in individual states to examine this aspect of the politics of the past within a European rather than a purely national context. This article repÂresents an initial effort to
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This encyclopedia documents the presence and impact of nationalized cultural consciousness in European nationalism. It tracks how intellectuals, historians, philologists, novelists, poets, painters, folklorists, and composers, in an... more
This encyclopedia documents the presence and impact of nationalized cultural consciousness in European nationalism. It tracks how intellectuals, historians, philologists, novelists, poets, painters, folklorists, and composers, in an intensely collaborative transnational network, articulated the national identities and aspirations that would go on to determine European history and politics, with effects that are still felt today. Edited by Joep Leerssen, in cooperation with almost 350 authors from dozens of countries, this encyclopedia gives a clear idea of the intricate (transnational and intermedial) networks and entanglements in which all aspects of Romantic Nationalism are connected. The online Open Access edition of The Encyclopedia of Romantic Nationalism in Europe is available here.
... | Ayuda. La historiografía contemporánea en Norteamérica. Autores: Adrián Shubert; Localización: Ayer, ISSN 1134-2277, Nº 31, 1998 (Ejemplar dedicado a: España: la mirada del otro) , pags. 201-228. © 2001-2009 Universidad de La Rioja... more
... | Ayuda. La historiografía contemporánea en Norteamérica. Autores: Adrián Shubert; Localización: Ayer, ISSN 1134-2277, Nº 31, 1998 (Ejemplar dedicado a: España: la mirada del otro) , pags. 201-228. © 2001-2009 Universidad de La Rioja · Todos los derechos reservados. ...
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intrusions into the war on the Entente side? The German deportations of unemployed Belgians is treated not as a facet of the Great War (where both sides of the conflict routinely engaged in deportations and forced labor efforts), but with... more
intrusions into the war on the Entente side? The German deportations of unemployed Belgians is treated not as a facet of the Great War (where both sides of the conflict routinely engaged in deportations and forced labor efforts), but with an eye toward the Second World War and the Nazi era. A second scholarly work is needed to provide context and balance to the German occupation efforts in Belgium. I would have added more detail on the strategic realities that the Germans faced on the Western Front. Miller has the acumen to do so; he does a good job of highlighting the British concerns about supplying food and resources to Belgium while the country was under German control. More attention to German sources, especially in regard to the establishment of the German logistical lines behind the front lines, which, naturally, were situated not only in Germany but also deep in occupied Belgium, would go a long way toward providing more depth and balance to the narrative. Overall, the questions I have about Miller’s German sources and context do not detract from the main focus of his book. I recommend WWI Crusaders for its detail on the American and Belgian relief operations, which is extensive and almost exhaustive. Miller should be applauded, because his research on the relief efforts and the occupation of Belgium is an important addition to the literature on the Great War. Miller also helps chart the rise of Herbert Hoover in American politics and provides necessary detail about the application of his industrial background and leadership skills. This book will be useful to professional academics for its attention to the Belgian situation and the American relief response, and the narrative is designed to be engaging for a general reading audience. As he gains experience writing historical works, especially about the German war effort in the Great War, I look forwards to seeing more from Jeffrey Miller in the future.
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espanolEste texto se construye a partir de estudios recientes centrados en las mujeres guerreras y los heroes y heroinas nacionales como un fenomeno transnacional y global duradero y complejo con el fin de reexaminar la figura del iconico... more
espanolEste texto se construye a partir de estudios recientes centrados en las mujeres guerreras y los heroes y heroinas nacionales como un fenomeno transnacional y global duradero y complejo con el fin de reexaminar la figura del iconico ejemplo espanol de Agustina de Aragon. De forma concreta se explora como y por que ella, y no otras, se convirtio en una heroina nacional, como los espanoles lograron la subversion de los roles de genero que representaba una mujer guerrera, el impacto de su prolongada supervivencia a los acontecimientos de 1808 que la hicieron famosa y el alcance y las formas en que su figura como mujer guerrera circularia mas alla de la propia Espana. catalaAquest text es planteja a partir dels recents estudis centrats a les dones guerreres i els herois i heroines nacionals com a un fenomen transnacional i global durador i complex amb la finalitat de reexaminar la figura de l’iconic exemple espanyol d’Agustina d’Arago. De forma concreta explorem com i per que ella, i no d’altres, va convertir-se en una heroina nacional, com els espanyols generaren la subversio dels rols de genere que representava una dona guerrera, l’impacto de la seua prolongada supervivencia als esdeveniments de 1808 que la van fer famosa i l’abast i les formes en que la seua figura com a dona guerrera circulara mes enlla de la mateixa Espanya. EnglishThis article uses recent findings from studies of women warrior and national heroes as an enduring and complex transnational and global phenomenon to re-examine the figure of the iconic Spanish example of such a figure: Agustina de Aragon. Specifically, it explores how and why she, and not others, was turned into a national hero, how Spaniards managed the subversion of gender roles that a woman warrior represented, the effect of her long outliving the events of 1808 that made her famous, and the extent to and ways in which her figure as a woman warrior circulated beyond Spain.
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Across the Atlantic world, the construction of liberal and republican political systems and societies was accompanied by the need to define the gender dimensions of the new order. Just what the age of revolution meant for women has been a... more
Across the Atlantic world, the construction of liberal and republican political systems and societies was accompanied by the need to define the gender dimensions of the new order. Just what the age of revolution meant for women has been a longstanding question.Did it kill off a recognized public role for—at least—elitewomen, or did women continue to have a public role despite their banishment from the formal institutions of politics? Were the new societies structured around a strict public/ private dichotomy in which women were consigned to the purdah of domesticity, or were their public spheres sufficiently capacious for women to stake out a domain, either as individuals or collectively? With regard to Spain, there is now a substantial and sophisticated literature that has given us a much more textured and complex picture of the creation of a liberal state and society there during the first half of the nineteenth century. The old vision of a failed and backward country has been replaced by one that sees a real liberal revolution that brought about a profound and meaningful rupture from the ancien régime. This revisionist interpretation has extended to concepts of gender and the place of women. As historians have looked beyond prescrip-
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This article explores the ways in which historians have thought about biography as a genre of writing about the past and how these attitudes have changed over the last fifty years or so, from skepticism and even hostility to increasing... more
This article explores the ways in which historians have thought about biography as a genre of writing about the past and how these attitudes have changed over the last fifty years or so, from skepticism and even hostility to increasing acceptance and even advocacy. It also examines some of the ways in which biography itself has evolved and the contribution of historians to this evolution, before concluding with an example from the author’s forthcoming biography of the 19th-century Spanish military and political figure Baldomero Espartero (1793-1879).***O que os historiadores realmente pensam sobre a biografia?***Este artigo examinava as varias caminhas que os historiadores pensava sobre o válor do gênero da biografia nas considerações do nosso passado, e a mudança nas manieras de ver biografia entre nos ultimos cinquentos anos: atitudes alterava de cetecismo e oposição ao aceitação, confiança, e promoçåo da biografia a un gênero respeitável da História. Tambem, o artigo considerava ...
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a munitioneer for the army of Italy between 1690 and 1698. There is only one article on the medieval period, by Elisabeth Nortier on the eleventh century, whereas there are three contributions on the seventeenth century, one on the... more
a munitioneer for the army of Italy between 1690 and 1698. There is only one article on the medieval period, by Elisabeth Nortier on the eleventh century, whereas there are three contributions on the seventeenth century, one on the eighteenth century, and three each on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In his introduction to the volume, Michel Brugui~re cited Jean Bouvier’s view that among professional historians in France there was ’une rdpugnance’ for the study of state finance and fiscality. The view seems to be borne out by the relative paucity of high-quality research on the subject as distinct from the prosopography of financiers, where there has been an outstanding contribution (we need mention only the names of Françoise Bayard, Daniel Dessert, Guy Chaussinand-Nogaret, Michel Brugui~re and Pierre-François Pinaud). Fundamental work remains to be done, particularly on the statistics of state finance and fiscality, and the economic consequences of fiscal policy. This is the purpose of the European Science Foundation programme on the origins of the modern state (section B, Economic systems and state finance) and of the British Academyand ESRC-assisted European State Finance Database Project. It is to be hoped that these programmes can be coordinated to prevent needless duplication of effort, and to enhance a most welcome initiative on the part of the ComitL4 pour I’histoire economique et financière de la France.
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1 The lyrics, written by Hoyt Axton, can be found at http://www.elyrics.net/go/t/ThreeDog- Night/NeverBeenToSpain/ among many others. 2 Adrian Shubert, 'Revolution in self-defence: the radicalization of the Asturian coal miners,... more
1 The lyrics, written by Hoyt Axton, can be found at http://www.elyrics.net/go/t/ThreeDog- Night/NeverBeenToSpain/ among many others. 2 Adrian Shubert, 'Revolution in self-defence: the radicalization of the Asturian coal miners, 1921–1934', Social History, VII ...
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... | Ayuda. Historia social de España (1800-1900). Información general. Autores: Adrian Shubert, José Luis Gil Aristu; Editores: Editorial Nerea; Año de publicación: 1991; País: España; Idioma: Español; ISBN : 84-86763-47-9; ¿En ...
... | Ayuda. La historiografía contemporánea en Norteamérica. Autores: Adrián Shubert; Localización: Ayer, ISSN 1134-2277, Nº 31, 1998 (Ejemplar dedicado a: España: la mirada del otro) , pags. 201-228. © 2001-2009 Universidad de La Rioja... more
... | Ayuda. La historiografía contemporánea en Norteamérica. Autores: Adrián Shubert; Localización: Ayer, ISSN 1134-2277, Nº 31, 1998 (Ejemplar dedicado a: España: la mirada del otro) , pags. 201-228. © 2001-2009 Universidad de La Rioja · Todos los derechos reservados. ...
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O FRANQUISMO VAI A FEIRA О REGIME FRANQUISTA, AS FEIRAS MUNDIAIS E AS IMAGENS DA NAÇÃO Adrian Shubert Dep ... Como escreveu Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo no seu excelente livro Mexico on World Fairs, as exposições eram «a arena da fabricação do... more
O FRANQUISMO VAI A FEIRA О REGIME FRANQUISTA, AS FEIRAS MUNDIAIS E AS IMAGENS DA NAÇÃO Adrian Shubert Dep ... Como escreveu Mauricio Tenorio-Trillo no seu excelente livro Mexico on World Fairs, as exposições eram «a arena da fabricação do nacionalismo ...
Internationalization has come to be seen as an innate good in the discussion of higher education. Universities are expected to be increasingly "international" and participate in a global knowledge economy. But what does... more
Internationalization has come to be seen as an innate good in the discussion of higher education. Universities are expected to be increasingly "international" and participate in a global knowledge economy. But what does internationalization mean for university faculty, students and administrators? This innovative book brings together leading international and Canadian scholars to discuss internationalization in terms of federal and provincial government policy and institutional practices. Its contributors focus on issues that have received almost no previous attention in the literature, including the implications of internationalization for teaching and learning, conflicting agendas for internationalization, ethical concerns, reviewing the Canadian experience from an international perspective and looking at internationalization in the broader context of Canadian higher education policy. Written for a wide audience, this is the first book to offer a comprehensive, multidisciplinary analysis of internationalization that includes contributions from critical scholars, government officials and university leaders.
The concept of global citizenship appears to have a particular affinity for Canada and Canadians. Lloyd Ax worthy, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2000, played a key role in the international ban on land mines and... more
The concept of global citizenship appears to have a particular affinity for Canada and Canadians. Lloyd Ax worthy, who was Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1996 to 2000, played a key role in the international ban on land mines and developing the doctrine of right to protect, began his recent book with a paean to his compatriots’ vocation as global citizens:Canadians are on the road to global citizenship. Increasingly, in work, travel, education and in personal and political engagement, the world is our precinct, with international trade, technology and business driving much of our global interests. But there is also a political, cultural and even moral dimension to our emerging role in global society. (Axworthy, 2003, p. 1)And when the distinguished professor of international law Michael Byers (2007) asked in the subtitle of his book: What is Canada for? his answer was that its role, as a country, is to be a global citizen:[Canada] achieves its greatest successes when it charts a path that is not determined solely by economic factors…a truly great country should be about… addressing global developments, such as climate change, that threaten the safety and well-being of all. And it should be about improving the lot of human beings everywhere for the simple reason that doing so is right and just. (Byers, 2007, p. 240-241)For her part, Jennifer Welsh generally eschews the term global citizenship, but proposes that Canada aspire to something very similar: to be a model citizen:[F]irst, it must show others what a liberal democracy looks like in the post-September-11 era; second, it must work side by side with others in less stable parts of the world, demonstrating how they might create the foundations for healthier societies… [This model] also suggests activism: model citizens continually strive to make the commons more just. (Welsh, 2005, p. 26)One particularly interesting aspect of Welsh’s vision is that it goes beyond government to include individual Canadians, and particularly younger Canadians, whose international engagements demonstrate that they are “inherently internationalist” and “already at home in the world” (Welsh, 2004, p. 34; Welsh 2005, pp. 28, 239-240).1