2014

Kirsten Weld

  • Assistant Professor
  • Harvard University
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Project

The Long Spanish Civil War in Latin America

Program

ACLS Fellowship Program

Department

History

Abstract

This book project explores the lasting impact of Spain's iconic 1936-1939 civil war, and its aftermath, on Spain's former colonies in the Americas. By examining the long-term influence of Spanish-inspired political currents, Latin Americans’ engagement with Iberian revolutionary and reactionary projects, Spanish diasporas of varying sympathies in the Americas, and the historical memory of the conflict on both sides of the Atlantic, the book reinterprets the unfolding of Latin America’s Cold War.