La visión socioeconómica de España en los viajeros hispanoamericanos (1890-1936)
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2019
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Taylor & Francis
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Luis Perdices De Blas & José Luis Ramos Gorostiza (2019) La visión socioeconómica de España en los viajeros hispanoamericanos (1890–1936), Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 96:9, 1433-1460, DOI: 10.1080/14753820.2019.1706284
Abstract
Los viajeros hispanoamericanos que visitaron España entre 1890 y 1936 ofrecieron una imagen socioeconómica del país alejada de los clichés pintoresquistas y los tópicos sobre el “irremediable” estancamiento español, tan extendidos en la Europa decimonónica. Desde una mirada informada –de personas cultas y cosmopolitas que conocían el idioma, la historia y las tradiciones– transmitieron la visión global de una nación “en marcha”, sujeta a una importante transformación socioeconómica, que reducía su atraso relativo y resurgía intelectualmente. No obstante, por un lado, identificaron una serie de importantes problemas pendientes que amenazaban la continuidad de su desarrollo. Por otro lado, constataron la fuerte dualidad del país: una España litoral –liderada por Cataluña– dinámica, moderna y abierta a los intercambios con el extranjero, frente a una España interior –especialmente representada por Castilla– más anclada en el pasado y que, a su vez, suscitaba opiniones ambivalentes. También hubo cierta dualidad en la comparación entre Barcelona y Madrid.
The Spanish-American travelers who visited Spain between 1890 and 1936 offered a socio-economic image of the country away from the clichés of picturesqueness and from commonplaces about the ‘irremediable’ Spanish stagnation, so widespread in nineteenth-century Europe. From an informed perspective –typical of cultured and cosmopolitan people who knew the language, history and traditions– they conveyed the global vision of a nation ‘on the move’, subject to an important socio-economic transformation, which was reducing its relative backwardness and resurging intellectually. However, on the one hand, they identified a series of important pending problems that threatened the continuity of its development. On the other hand, they verified the strong duality of the country: a littoral Spain –led by Catalonia– dynamic, modern and open to exchanges with the foreigner, against an inland Spain –especially represented by Castile– more anchored in the past and that provoked ambivalent opinions. There was also a certain duality in the comparison between Barcelona and Madrid.
The Spanish-American travelers who visited Spain between 1890 and 1936 offered a socio-economic image of the country away from the clichés of picturesqueness and from commonplaces about the ‘irremediable’ Spanish stagnation, so widespread in nineteenth-century Europe. From an informed perspective –typical of cultured and cosmopolitan people who knew the language, history and traditions– they conveyed the global vision of a nation ‘on the move’, subject to an important socio-economic transformation, which was reducing its relative backwardness and resurging intellectually. However, on the one hand, they identified a series of important pending problems that threatened the continuity of its development. On the other hand, they verified the strong duality of the country: a littoral Spain –led by Catalonia– dynamic, modern and open to exchanges with the foreigner, against an inland Spain –especially represented by Castile– more anchored in the past and that provoked ambivalent opinions. There was also a certain duality in the comparison between Barcelona and Madrid.