Description A cultural and intellectual history that explains the intersection of politics and culture, and the formation of a national identity, during Spain\'s Second Republic and Civil War.
About the Author Ronelle Alexander is professor of Slavic languages and literatures at the University of Cal.
It counters recent scholarship claiming that leaders of the Second Republic had no programmes for inventing traditions to encourage a Spanish national identity.
Description A cultural and intellectual history that explains the intersection of politics and culture, and the formation of a national identity, during Spain\'s Second Republic and Civil War