Translation of: El desarrollo de la España contemporánea.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 485-509) and index.
Contents
Introduction: an overview. -- The nineteenth century: politics, population, and human capital. -- Agriculture: persistent underdevelopment. -- Industry: a long infancy. -- Transportation and commerce. -- Money and banking. -- The role of the state. -- The entrepreneurial factor. -- The twentieth century. -- Demographic modernization. -- Agricultural transformation: from underdevelopment to backwardness. -- Industrial takeoff. -- The foreign sector. -- The evolution of money and banking. -- The changing role of the state. -- Conclusion. -- Chronology.