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Trafficking knowledge in early twentieth-century Spain : centres of exchange and cultural imaginaries

Title
Trafficking knowledge in early twentieth-century Spain : centres of exchange and cultural imaginaries / Alison Sinclair.
Author
Sinclair, Alison, 1946-
Publication
Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY : Tamesis, 2009.

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Description
viii, 223 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
"This study provides a mapping of diversity of cultural importations made by Spain, and of the divers cultural imaginaries that were prominent through the early decades of the 20th century, both in relation to Europe, and to Spain's own interior. In all cases, net-working and informal contacts provided the conduits of exchange, and enlivened and personalized the nature of trafficking." "Three features make it original in its approach. It focuses on a broad range of institutions, including publishing houses and journals, as "centres of exchange", and looks at how they promoted and facilitated Spain's contact with Europe. Secondly it foregrounds the idea of "cultural imaginaries" as the driving force behind Spain's exchanges with Europe. Thirdly, it departs from a Franco/German-centred concept of Europe, paying particular attention to a Europe of the margins, in the form of England and Russia, two countries that held particular attractions for the Spanish mind. While being centred on Madrid for its case-studies, it also pays specific attention to issues of internal dissemination."--Jacket.
Series Statement
Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías ; 278
Uniform Title
Colección Támesis. Serie A, Monografías ; 278.
Subject
  • 1900-1999
  • Geschichte 1900-1939
  • Culture diffusion > Spain > History > 20th century
  • Communication in learning and scholarship > Spain > History > 20th century
  • Intercultural communication > Europe > History > 20th century
  • Learned institutions and societies > Spain > Influence
  • Difusión cultural > España > Historia
  • Communication in learning and scholarship
  • Culture diffusion
  • Intellectual life
  • Intercultural communication
  • International relations
  • Kulturaustausch
  • Spain > Intellectual life > 20th century
  • Spain > Relations > Europe
  • Europe > Relations > Spain
  • España > Relaciones > Europa > Historia
  • España > Vida intelectual > S.XX
  • Europe
  • Spain
  • Europa
  • Spanien
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-213) and index.
Contents
Orientation -- Maps for cultural trafficking -- What and where is Europe -- Centres of exchange and bodies of print -- Publishers, power, and canonicity -- Elite and specialized -- Cultural imaginaries and special attachments -- Spain's love-affair with England -- Spain's love-affair with Russia -- Spreading the word -- Taking the knowledge to the people -- Travelling with a mission -- Re-grouping -- Wheels within wheels.
ISBN
  • 9781855661905
  • 185566190X
LCCN
2009281844
OCLC
  • ocn427612701
  • 427612701
  • SCSB-1525763
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library