Modern Spain: 1808 to the Present is a comprehensive overview of Spanish history from the Napoleonic era to the present day.

• Places a large emphasis on Spain's place within broader European and global history
• The chronological political narrative is enriched by separate chapters on long term economic, social and cultural developments
• This presentation of modern Spanish history incorporates the latest thinking on key issues of modernity, social movements, nationalism, democratization and  democracy

Pamela Beth Radcliff is Professor of History at the University of California, San Diego. She is the author of From Mobilization to Civil War: The Politics of Polarization in the Spanish City of Gijon, 1900-1937 (1996), Making Democratic Citizens in Spain: Civil Society and the Popular Origins of the Transition, 1960-1978 (2011)and co-editor of Constructing Spanish Womanhood: Female Identity in Modern Spain (1999).