1st Edition
An Economic History of Spanish Industrialization
Lists of figures, tables and maps
About the editors
List of contributors
1. Stages of Economic Development in Modern Spain
Leandro Prados de la Escosura
2. Rural mortality in Catalonia and Castile in the 18th and 19th centuries. What are we able and unable to ascertain?
Llorenç Ferrer-Alòs and Enrique Llopis
3. Deficit, debt and risk premium: obstacles to the real convergence of the Spanish towards the European economy (1820-2020)
Francisco Comín
4. The mining century in Spain (1825-1930). The advance of a mining frontier in the European industrialization
Andrés Sánchez-Picón
5. The debate on the rise of cotton fabrics during the First Industrial Revolution
Alex Sánchez
6. Energy, indispensable but costly
María Isabel Bartolomé Rodríguez
7. Writing history ahead of time: Professor Jordi Nadal on railways, the market and the industry
Antonio Gómez Mendoza
8. The debate on the international competitiveness of the Basque steel industry (1880-1913)
Antonio Escudero
9. The evolution of the Spanish wine sector since the 18th century: a very brief summary
Josep Colomé-Ferrer, Jordi Planas and Raimon Soler-Becerro
10. Technical change and international competitiveness in the olive oil industry: Spain, 1830s-1930s
Ramon Ramon-Muñoz
11. The growth of the paper industry in a country allergic to the printed word
Miquel Gutiérrez-Poch
12. Sardines and tuna: the two lives of the canned fish industry
Xoán Carmona
13. Industrial success and exporting vocation of footwear districts in a service economy: The island of Mallorca as a model
Carles Manera and José Antonio García Barrero
14. The Shipbuilding Industry: Adaptation and Resilience
Jesús M. Valdaliso
15. Actors and Strategies of the Spanish Chemical and Pharmaceutical Industries
Nuria Puig
16. Defying comparative advantage: the development of the automobile industry, 1889-2024
Jordi Catalan
17. The Rise and Fall of the Motorcycle Industry
Marc Prat
18. Energy and Industrial Development in Spain: From the Nuclear Dream to the Age of Renewables
Esther M. Sánchez Sánchez
19. Industrial policy and the challenges of the 21st century
José Luis García Ruiz
20. The key to the global success of Inditex-Zara during the Third Industrial Revolution, 1963-2023
Luis Alonso Álvarez
21. The growing role of renewable energy in the electricity sector in Spain
Jordi Roca Jusmet
22. Imbalances in industrialization patterns across regions and their consequences
Albert Carreras
23. Spanish industrialization in a nutshell
Jordi Catalan and Marc Prat
Index
Biography
Jordi Catalan is Professor of Economic History at the Universitat de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and Director of the Centre d’Estudis Jordi Nadal. His main lines of research are industrial history, Francoism, comparative development, economic crises and economic history of Southern Europe.
Marc Prat is Associate Professor of Economic History at the Universitat de Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. His research focuses on industrial history, industrial relations and inequality.
