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These unions where able to give the people of Spain some level of job security as a system of employment tribunals was also used for such thing as dissolving any disputes within the workplace. We can see from this law that Franco was trying to create equality within the place of work so that no one was treated any differently to anyone else. By creating this law it also conveys the fact that Franco did want Spain to be a prosperous country and did want the countries people to have some involvement with that. .
             In the 1940's the regime was seen from the outside world to being totally isolated from the rest of the world and in addition to living in an entirely different manner to the rest of the world. One of the reasons for this in the early part of the decade was the reality that the most of the rest of the world where at some point or another involved with World War 2. In an attempt to attain self-sufficiency the regime involved itself with the economy on a massive scale. "Movements of persons both in and out of the country was strictly controlled"(Ross 2000:98) which in reality meant that citizens of Spain had lost some of the right to control their own lives, they were not even allowed to make their own decisions without the government intervening. .
             Throughout the early part of this decade fatalities from starvation and malnutrition where very common, famine was only just narrowly avoided by shipments of wheat sent from Argentina, which was under the rule of another dictator, Juan Peron. The conditions in the inner cities in Spain resembled those of a modern day third world country "Spain experienced a phenomenon unparalleled in modern Europe: a return to the land" (Ross 2000:98). This continues the idea of Spain being completely different to the rest of the world and displays the thought that instead of moving forward Spain seems to be moving back to the past. At this point in time most of the countries in Europe had found that to earn a substantial amount of income to support their families most people had to move to industrial areas to do this.


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1. Nationalism Under Franco

... effect in the Basque country (and in Catalonia). The intensity of repression suffered by these Basques alienated them from the rest of Spain and awakened nationalist sentiments. Before Franco the nationalist movement had been limited to certain areas of society, namely the urban lower and middle classes that had experienced industrialisation. By attempting to impose a Spanish national ... identity, by outlawing their distinctive language and culture, Franco actually strengthened Basque national identity. "Francoist repression could only do away with external manifestations of Basquism an...

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2. The Franco Regime

... slight interest in the subject, in fact because of its tremendous size, the reader must really want to fully understand the reign of Francisco Franco. Yet this over 600-page account could have probably been conveyed in about 300 pages making the book more available to a larger audience. ... American idea that a dictatorship is not a positive thing, because of examples we have seen like Hitler and Castro. Nonetheless this book shows how Franco was not able to rule the entire nation by himself, as dictatorships are often thought of, but with the help of a group of political ... advisors i...

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3. Francisco Franco

... became Spain's youngest general, and two years later he was named director of the General Military Academy in Saragossa. From 1931 to 1935, Franco stayed out of the many military conspiracies against the new Spanish Republic. He gained the admiration of conservatives and the hatred of the left by ... September Spain was divided between government and Nationalist territories, and the Nationalists established a government of their own. On Oct. 1, 1936, they appointed Franco head of state and commander in chief. In the slow conquest of Spain that followed he proved himself cautious in strat...

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4. Causes of the Franco-Prussian War

... ; (Wiki). This redistribution of territories upset the balance of power. The North German Confederation replaced the German Confederation. Eventually, southern German states were included as nationalism rose through fighting the Franco-Prussian War. The Ems Dispatch, a telegram describing the course of an encounter between French Ambassador, Vincent Benedetti, and Prussian King, Wilhelm I, was a powerful catalyst of the war. The ... that resistance might come too late; and that they had no alternative but to bind themselves inextricably to the control of Berlin" (Wetzel 6). The ultimate ...

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5. The Franco-American Alliance

... Treaty of Alliance created a military coalition against Great Britain, stipulating American independence as a state of peace. The treaty also required France and the U.S. to coincide in any peace agreement ("The Franco-American Alliance"). This treaty was important, for America's dire need for help was beginning to show. France sought revenge against the British after their massive loss to the country earlier ... 127). Roderigue Hortalez and Cie, and many other clandestine sources of aide proved to be very helpful and necessary for being victorious over the British. An important harbor ...

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6. Franco notes

... , but also increasingly from the new middle class who were beginning to see the regime as an obstacle to further economic development. So it was that by the time of Franco's death in 1975, the regime was already in its death throes; indeed, as Rodo commented much later: "[Carrero Blanco's] death meant the end of ... ...

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7. SNCF Apologizes for Role in Nazi Deportations

... of litigation from legislators, survivors, their descendants and some American Jewish organizations, who argued that the company had never acknowledged or apologized for shipping 76,000 European Jews to the Franco-German border from 1941 to 1944. The Jews were then transported to Nazi death camps (The Age). Although many survivors have waited a long time for the apology, many of them ... ...

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8. Politics, Media and FC Barcelona

... more specifically Barcelona, there seems to be a special connection between media, politics and sports. Barcelona's soccer team FC Barcelona has had an impact politically since the times of Franco. Recently FC Barcelona has been receiving international attention as the heart of and representation of Catalan culture, during the Catalan movement for independence from Spain. Originally FC Barcelona was ... political pressure to suppress any anti-Nationalist sentiment (Ball, 22). Since Catalonia had fought his centrist policies, controlling or defeating the spirit of the region became a part...

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9. Spanish Civil War- Interference/lack thereof from countries

... releasing all left-wing political prisoners. The government also introduced agrarian reforms that penalized the landed aristocracy(Beevor). Other measures included transferring right-wing military leaders such as Francisco Franco to posts outside Spain and granting Catalonia political and administrative autonomy. As a result of these measures the wealthy took vast sums of capital out of the country. This ... president and replaced by the left-wing Manuel Azaña. Soon afterwards Spanish Army officers began plotting to overthrow the Popular Front government(Beevor). The Nationalist Front, ...

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