Dr. Joseph Harrison
Contact Details
robert.j.harrison@manchester.ac.uk
Ext: 53113
Room: W.206
Research interests
Spanish economic history.
Current research projects
- The Catalan Cotton Industry and the loss of the Antilles Market
- Early Francoism and Economic Paralysis in Catalonia, 1939-51
- Economic Crisis and Democratic Consolidation in Spain, 1973-82
Posts held
- Lecturer, School of Social Studies, University of East Anglia, 1969-72
- Lecturer, Economic History, University of Manchester, 1972-86
- Visiting Lecturer, Department of History, European University Institute, Florence, 1986
- Senior Lecturer, Economic History, University of Manchester, since 1986
- Visiting Lecturer, European Studies, UMIST, 1989-90
- Visiting Lecturer, Departamento de Historia Contemporánea, University of Deusto, Bilbao, 1994
- Visiting Professor, Département d'Histoire, Géographie et Tourisme, University of Lyon II (Lumière), 1994-95
- Visiting Lecturer, Departamento de Análisis Económico, University of Alicante, 2003
Publications
Books
Spain: a Modern European Economy, with David Corkill, Ashgate, 2004
The Spanish Crisis of 1898. Regenerationism, Modernism, Post-Colonialism, ed. Joseph Harrison & Alan Hoyle, MUP, Manchester, 2000
The Spanish Economy from the Civil War to the European Community, Macmillan, Studies in Economic and Social History, London, 1993, second edition, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 1995, Spanish translation La economÃa española. De la Guerra Civil a la Comunidad Europea, Ediciones Istmo, Colección Fundamentos, 146, Madrid, 1998
The Spanish Economy in the Twentieth Century, Routledge, London and New York, 1985
An Economic History of Modern Spain, Manchester and New York, 1978, Japanese edition, Tokyo, 1984, revised Spanish translation, Historia económica de la España contemporánea, Editorial Vicens Vives, Barcelona, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991
Pamphlets
Economic Regenerationism in Spain after the Loss of Cuba, University of Manchester, Working Papers in Economic and Social History, No. 46, Manchester, 2001
Les colonies industrials: un estudi entorn del cas de l'Ametlla de Merola, Editorial Laia, Barcelona, 1979
The Origins of Modern Industrialism in the Basque Country, University of Sheffield, Studies in Economic and Social History, Sheffield, 1977
Articles
Forthcoming
'Catalan cotton goods and colonial markets, 1880-1914', in John Wilson, ed., Studies in Lancashire and the Textile Industry: Essays for Douglas A. Farnie, Carnegie, Preston 2007
published
'Spain: economy', in Regional Surveys of the World: Western Europe, 2007, ninth edition, Taylor and Francis, Europa Publications, London, 2006, 607-11
'Not just coffee', Times Literary Supplement, 29 September 2006, 5400, 11
'Economic crisis and democratic consolidation in Spain, 1973-82' Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Working Papers in Economic History, Instituto Figuerola de Historia Económica, WP 10-06, http://docubib.uc3m.es/WORKINGPAPERS/WH/wp06-10.pdf
Spain: economy', in Regional Surveys of the World: Western Europe, 2006, eighth edition, Taylor and Francis, Europa Publications, London, 2005
Spain: economy', in Regional Surveys of the World: Western Europe, 2005, seventh edition, Taylor and Francis, Europa Publications, London, 2004, 605-10.
'The road to the Spanish Civil War revisited', in European Review of History, 10, 2003, 497-505
Spain: economy', in Regional Surveys of the World: Western Europe, 2004, sixth edition, Taylor and Francis, Europa Publications, London, 2003
'A rocky road to riches', Times Literary Supplement, 9 May 2003, 5223, 30
'Spain: economy', in Regional Surveys of the World: Western Europe, 2003, fifth edition, Taylor and Francis, Europa Publications, London, 2002, pp. 570-74
'The Spanish Civil War, 1936-39', History Teaching Review Year Book, 16, 2002, 32-37
'An "Espanya Catalana": Catalanist plans to transform Spain into a capitalist economy, 1898-1923', Journal of Latin American and Iberian Studies, 7, 2001, 143-56. There is a Catalan version, 'Una Espanya catalana: projectes catalanistes per modernitzar l'economia espanyola (1898-1923), L'Avenç, 268, 2002, 9-18.
'Spain: economy', in Regional Surveys of the World: Western Europe, 2002, fourth edition, Europa Publications, London, 2001, pp.530-34
'Spain: economy', in Regional Surveys of the World:Western Europe, 2000, third edition, Europa Publications, London, 1999, pp.487-90
'El 1898 i la indústria tèxtil catalana del cotó', 'Escolta Espanya': Catalunya i la crisi del 98, Barcelona, Proa, Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament de Cultura, Museu d'Història de Catalunya, 1998, pp. 82-87
'La regeneración ecónomica en España después de la pérdida de Cuba', Anales del Caribe: Centro de Estudios del Caribe, Casa de las Américas, 16-18, 1996-98, 237-59
'Latin America until Independence' and 'Latin America since Independence', in Best Books, Oxford, 1996, pp. 256-58
'Spain: economy', in Western Europe 1993, second edition, Europa Publications, London, 1993, pp. 492-504
'Spain', in David Dyker, ed., The National Economies of Europe, Longman, London, 1992, pp. 189-212
'Towards the liberalisation of the Spanish economy, 1951-9', in Colin Holmes and Alan Booth, eds., Economy and Society: European Industrialisation and its Social Consequences: Essays Presented to Sidney Pollard, Leicester University Press, Leicester, London and New York, 1991, pp. 102-15
'The Catalan industrial elite, 1898-1923', in Frances Lannon and Paul Preston, eds., Elites and Power in Twentieth Century Spain: Essays in Honour of Sir Raymond Carr, Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1990, pp. 45-70
'The economic history of Spain since 1800', Essays in Bibliography and Criticism, Economic History Review, second series, 43, 1990, 79-89
'Historical introduction' , in Judith Kleinman and Philip Sington, eds., Spain: the Internationalisation of the Economy, Euromoney Books, London, 1989
'The agrarian history of Spain, 1800-1960', Agricultural History Review,. 37, 1989, 180-87
'Comentarios sobre la Hacienda Pública de Primo de Rivera', Revista de Historia Económica, 6, 1988, 181-85
'The Spanish economy' in Western Europe 1989: A Political and Economic Survey, Europa Books, London, 1988, pp. 422-33
'Hernández Andreu y la crisis de 1929', Revista de Historia Económica, 5, 1987, 133-38
'Not enough coffee for all: the halting process of regional autonomy in Spain' Vida Hispánica: Journal of the Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese, 34, 1985, 3-6, special edition on 'AutonomÃas'
'Regional disparities in the contemporary Spanish economy, with Special Reference to the Canary Islands', VI Coloquio de Historia Canario-Americana, Excmo. Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 1984, pp. 621-28
'El patrimonio industrial en Manchester y sus alrededores' in Eusko Jaurlaritza/Generalitat de Catalunya, I Jornadas sobre la Protección y Revalorización del Patrimonio Industrial, Departamento de Cultura del Gobierno Vasco, Bilbao, 1984, pp. 253-61
'La industria pesada, el estado y el desarrollo ecónomico en el PaÃs Vasco, 1876-1936', Información Comercial Español, Ministerio de EconomÃa y Hacienda, Revista de EconomÃa, 598, 1983, 21-32, special edition on 'La economÃa del PaÃs Vasco'
'The failure of economic reconstitution in Spain, 1916-23', European Studies Review, 13, 1983, 63-88
'The inter-war depression and the Spanish economy', Journal of European Economic History, 12, 1983, 295-321
'Heavy industry, the state and economic development in the Basque Region, 1876-1936', Economic History Review, second series, vol. 36, 1983, 535-51, reprinted in Pablo MartÃn-Aceña and James Simpson, eds., The Spanish Economy since 1870, Elgar, Aldershot, 1995, pp. 333-49
'Spain: the end of the miracle', in Andrew Cox, ed., Politics, Policy and the European Recession, Macmillan, London, 1982, pp. 195-217
'Regeneration and reform in Spanish agriculture, 1898-1910', Iberian Studies, 10, 1981, 31-40
'Spanish economic history: from the Restoration to the Franco Regime', Essays in Bibliography and Criticism, LXXXIII, Economic History Review, second series, 33, 1980, 259-75
'Financial reconstruction in Spain after the loss of the last colonies', Journal of European Economic History, 9, 1980, 317-49
'The regenerationist movement in Spain after the disaster of 1898', European Studies Review, 9, 1979, 1-27, special issue on 'Modern Spain'
'Impresiones de un historiador inglés: la biblioteca del Fomento del Trabajo Nacional', Horizonte Empresarial, 1888, 1979, 38-39
'Los orÃgenes del industrialismo moderno en el PaÃs Vasco', Hacienda Pública Española, Ministerio de Hacienda, Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, 55, 1978, 209-22, special issue on 'Historia económica y financiera de España'
'El món de la gran indústria i el fracàs del nacionalisme català de dreta, 1901-23', Recerques: Història, Economia, Cultura, Curial, Barcelona, 7, 1978, 83-98
'Big business and the rise of Basque nationalism', European Studies Review, 7, 1977, 371-91
'Big business and the failure of right-wing Catalan nationalism, 1901-23', The Historical Journal, vol. 19, 1976, 901-18
'El coste de oportunidad del Programa Naval español de 1907: 'pantanos o acorazados?', Hacienda Pública Española, Ministerio de Hacienda, Instituto de Estudios Fiscales, 38, 1976, 111-22, special issue on 'Historia económica y financiera de España'
'British armaments and European industrialisation, 1890-1914: the Spanish case re-examined', Economic History Review, second series, 27, 1974, 620-24
'Catalan business and the loss of Cuba, 1898-1914', Economic History Review, second series, 27, 1974, 431-41
'The beginnings of social legislation in Spain, 1900-19', Iberian Studies, 3, 1974, 1-6
'The Spanish famine of 1904-06', Agricultural History, 47, 1973, 300-07
Book Reviews
Els últims hereus. història oral dels propietaris gironins, 1930-2000 by Enric Saguer, in Agricultural History Review, 54 (2006)
El declive demográfico de la montaña española (1850-2000) 'un drama rural? by Fernando Collantes Gutiérrez, in Agricultural History Review, 54 (2006)
Les grandes maisons du vignoble de Jerez ,1834-1992 by Sophie Lignon-Darmaillac in American Historical Review, 110 (2005), 1254
The Quest for Survival after Franco: Moderate Francoism and the Slow Journey to the Polls, 1964-77 by Cristina Palomares in Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 82 (2005), 709-10
A History of Spain by Simon Barton and Modern Spain: a Documentary History edited by Jon Cowans in Bulletin of Spanish Studies, 82 (2005), 254-55
El progreso económico de España, 1850-2000 by Leandro Prados and Historia económica de la España contemporánea by Albert Carreras and Xavier Tafunell in Economic History Review 57 (2004), 595-97
The Catholic Church in Spain, 1875-1998 by William J. Callahan in The Catholic Historical Review 89 (2003), 792-94
Spain, 1812-1996: Modern History for Modern Languages by Christopher Ross in Bulletin of Spanish Studies
El nivel de vida de la España rural: siglos XVIII-XX by José Miguel MartÃnez Carrión, ed. in Agricultural History Review, 51 (2003), 129-30
El rostro de la comunidad: la identidad del campesion en la Castilla del Antiguo Régimen by Jesús Izquierdo MartÃn, in Agricultural History Review, 51 (2003), 130
Un capitalisme impossible? La gestió de la gran propietrat agrà ria a la Catalunya contemporà nia by Ramon Garrabou et al in Agricultural History Review, 50 (2002)
Europeanization and the Southern Periphery edited by Kevin Featherstone and George Kazamias in European Review of History 9 (2002), 294-95
¡Es un motor español!: historia empresarial de Barreiros, by José Luis GarcÃa Ruiz and Santos Redondo in Business History, 44 (2002), 155-56
Los 100 empresarios españoles del siglo XX, edited by Eugenio Torres in Business History,, 44 (2002), 108-09
The Development of Modern Spain:an Economic History of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries by Gabriel Tortella, in Economic History Review, 54 (2001), 574-75
Corsairing to Commerce. Maltese Merchants in XVIII Spain by Carmel Vassallo, in Business History, 43 (2001), 137-38
Empresa, mercados, mina y mineros: rÃo tinto, 1873-1936, by Carlos Arenas Posadas,. in Economic History Review, 54 (2001), 199
The Mediterranean Response to Globalisation before 1850 edited by Sevet Pamuk & Jeffrey Williamson, in Economic History Review, 54 (2001), 199-201
Histoire économique de l'Espagne contemporaine, by Albert Broder, in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 77 (2000), 253-54
Astilleros Españoles, 1872-1998. La construcción naval en España, edited by Stefan Houpt & José MarÃa Ortiz Villajos, in Business History, 41 (2000), 179-80
La muerte de Antonia Isabel Sánchez: tiranÃa y escándalo en una sociedad rural del Norte español en el Antiguo Régimen, by Tomás A. Mantecón, in Agricultural History Review, 47 (1999), 233-34
Spain and the Reconstruction of Western Europe, 1945-57. Challenge and Response, by Fernando Guirao, in American Historical Review, 104 (1999), 1397-98
Historia de la empresa mundial y de España, by José Luis GarcÃa Ruiz, ed., in Business History, 41 (1999) 136-37
Privatización y apropriación de tierras municipales en la Baja AndalucÃa: Jerez de la Frontera, 1750-1995, by José Ignacio Jiménez Blanco, in Agricultural History Review, 47 (1999), 115-16
Entre y la inercia y el cambio: el sector agrario aragonés, 1850-1935, by Vicente Pinilla Navarro, in Agricultural History Review, 47 (1999), 119-20
La industria del calzado en España, 1860-1959 by José Antonio Miranda Encarnación, in Business History, 41 (1999), 137-38
El rostro familiar de la metrópoli: redes de parentesco y lazos mercantiles en Cádiz, 1700-1812, by Paloma Fernández Pérez, in Business History, 40 (1998), 180-81
Spain's Golden Fleece: Wool Production and the Wool Trade from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century, by Carla Rahn Phillips and William Phillips, in Journal of Economic History, 58 (1998), 878-79
El campesino adaptivo: campesinos y mercados en el norte de España, 1750-1880, by Rafael DomÃnguez MartÃn and Bienes comunales y capitalismo agrario en Navarra, 1855-1935, by Iñaki Iriarte Goñi, in Agricultural History Review, 46 (1998), 115
The Village and the Outside World in Golden Age Castile: Mobility and Migration in Everyday Rural Life, by David E. Vassberg, in Agricultural History Review, 45 (1997), 207-08
Spanish Agriculture: The Long Siesta, 1765-1965 , by James Simpson, in Agricultural History Review, 45 (1997), 114-15
Spain, Europe and the 'Spanish Miracle', 1700-1960, by David Ringrose, in Journal of Economic History, 57 (1997) 543-45
Empresas multinacionales: estructura organizativa y función financiera, by Alfredo MartÃnez Bobillo, in Business History, 39(i) (1997), 119-20
Integrating Southern Europe: EC Expansion and the Transnationalisation of Spain, by Otto Holman. in Political Studies, 45 (1997), 367-68
Economistas y reformadores españoles: la cuestión agraria, 1760-1935, by Ricardo Robledo & Coooperativismo y transformaciones agrarias en Galicia, 1886-1943 , by Alberte MartÃnez López, in Agricultural History Review, 44 (1996), 249
Introducción a la historia de la empresa en España, by Gregorio Núñez & Luciano Segreto, in Business History, 38 (i) (1996), 145-46
The Economic Development of Spain Since 1870, by Pablo MartÃn-Aceña & James Simpson, in Business History, 38(iii) ( 1996), 143-44
Gentlemen, Bourgeois and Revolutionaries: Political Change and Cultural Persistence Among Spanish Dominant Groups, 1750-1850, by Jesús Cruz, in Economic History Review, second series, 49 (1996), 852-53
The Government and Politics of Spain, by Paul Heywood, in Journal of Common Market Studies, 34 (1996), 485
Crisis and Continuity: Land and Town in Late-Medieval Castile, by Teofilo F. Ruiz, in Agricultural History Review, 43 (1995), 98-99
The Economic Development of Italy Since 1870, by Giovanni Federico, in Manchester School, 62 (1994), 451
The Economic History of Italy, 1860-1990: Recovery After Decline , by Vera Zamagni, in Economic History Review, second series, 47 (1994), 831-32
The Rise of Multinationals in Continental Europe, by Geoffrey Jones & Hans G. Schröter, in Economic History Review, second series, 47 (1994), 437
A Distinctive Industrialisation: Cotton in Barcelona, 1728-1832 by J. K. J. Thompson, in Economic History Review, second series, 47 (1994), 202-03
La ciudad extensa: la burguesÃa comercial-financiera en la Valencia de mediados del siglo XIX, by Anaclet Pons & Justo Serna, in Social History, 18 (1993), 408-11
Anarchist Ideology and Working-Class Movement in Spain, 1868-1898, by George Esenwein, in English Historical Review, 108 (1993), 1056
La fuente de la riqueza: educación y desarrollo económico en la España contemporánea, by Clara Eugenia Núñez, in Economic History Review, second series, 46 (1993), 624-25
Profesionales y burócratas: estado y poder corporativo en la España del siglo XIX, 1890-1923, by Francisco Villacorta, in English Historical Review, 108 (1993), 753-54
Invisible Factories: the Informal Economy and Industrial Development in Spain, by Laura Benton, in American Historical Review, 98 (1993), 515
Noticiario de Historia Agraria: BoletÃn del Seminario de Historia Agraria, in Agricultural History Review, 41 (1993), 93-94
EstadÃsticas históricas de la producción agraria española, 1859-1935, by Grupo de Estudios de Historia Rural, in Agricultural History Review, 40 (1992), 184
The Agony of Modernisation: Labour and Industrialisation in Spain, by Benjamin Martin, in International Review of Social History, 37 (1992), 112-15
Rural Change and Royal Finances in Spain at the End of the Old Regime, by Richard Herr, in Journal of Economic History, 52 (1992), 223-25
Town and Country in Pre-Industrial Spain: Cuenca, 1550-1870, by David Sven Reher, in Agricultural History Review, 39 (1991), 181-82
A Social History of Modern Spain, by Adrian Shubert, in Social History, 16 (1991), 394-97
Vizcaya on the Eve of Carlism: Politics and Society, 1800-33, by Renato Barahona & La Liga VizcaÃna de Productores y la polÃtica económica de la Restauración, 1894-1914, by Ignacio Arana, in European History Quarterly, 21 (1991), 563-65
Dictatorship, Workers and the City: Labour in Greater Barcelona Since 1939, by Sebastian Balfour, in Business History, 32(ii) (1990), 287-88
El Banco de San Carlos, 1782-1829, by Pedro Tedde, in Business History, 32(i) (1990), 116-7
Spain: A Guide to Political and Economic Institutions, by Peter Donaghy & Michael Newton, in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 66 (1989), 388
The Road to Revolution in Spain: The Coal Miners of Asturias, 1860-1934, by Adrian Shubert, in European History Quarterly, 19 (1989), 311-13
Historia agraria de la España contemporánea, 3 , el fin de la agricultura tradicional, 1900-60, by Ramón Garrabou et al, in Economic History Review, second series, 41 (1988), 330-31
Asturias en la industrialización española, 1833-1907, by Germán Ojeda, in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 64 (1987), 289
Ferrocarriles y mercado interior en España, 1874-1913, by Antonio Gómez Mendoza, in Agricultural History Review, 35 (1987), 115-16
The Trade Cycle in Britain, 1958-82, by Andrew Britton, in Manchester School, 55 (1987), 97-98
The Price of War: British Policy and German Reparations, 1941-9, by Alec Cairncross, in Manchester School, 55 (1987)
España y la crisis de 1929, by Juan Hernández Andreu , in Economic History Review, second series, 40 (1987), 320-21
Remaking Ibieca: Rural Life in Aragon under Franco, by Susan Friend Harding, in Journal of Economic History, 48 (1987), 244-45
The Spanish Economy: An Introduction, by Ramón Tamames, in Journal of Common Market Studies, 25 (1986), 390
Economic History and the Modern Economist, by William N. Parker, in Manchester School, 54 (1986), 453-55
Reforma y reacción en la Galicia del siglo XVIII, 1764-98, by MarÃa Rosa SaurÃn de la Iglesia, in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 58 (1986), 389
Guerra, dinero, dictadura: ayuda fascista y autarquÃa en la España de Franco, by Angel Viñas in History, 71 (1986), 354
España en las Comunidades Europeas, by Presidencia del Gobierno, in Journal of Common Market Studies, 24 (1986), 257-58
Aux Origines du retard économique de l'Espagne: XVI-XIX siècles, by Jean-Pierre Amalric et al, in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 58 (1986), 173-4
Workers and the Right in Spain, 1900-36, by Colin Winston, in American Historical Review, 90 (1985), 951-52
Land and Society in Golden-Age Spain, by David Vassberg, in Journal of Historical Geography, 11 (1985), 96-98
Church, Society and Politics in Spain, 1750-1874, by William Callahan, in Economic History Review, second series, 38 (1985), 468
PolÃtica y economÃa: Portugal en los siglos XIX y XX, by Miriam Halpern Pereira, in Economic History Review, second series, 38 (1985), 469
A Financial History of Western Europe, by Charles P. Kindleberger, in Manchester School, 52 (1984), 332-33
Depression and Protectionism: Britain Between the Wars, by Forrest Capie, in Manchester School, 52 (1984), 213-14
La propiedad de la tierra en Galicia, 1500-1936, by Ramón Villares, in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 56 (1984), 201-02
De economÃa crÃtica, 1930-6, by Ramón Perpiñá Grau, in European History Quarterly, 14 (1984), 243-44
The Contemporary Spanish Economy: A Historical Perspective, by Sima Lieberman, in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, 55 (1983), 161-62
Azúcar y descolonización: orÃgen y desenlace de una crisis agraria en la vega de Granada: el 'Ingenio de San Juan', 1882-1904, by Manuel MartÃn RodrÃguez, in World Sugar History Newsletter, 3 (1984), 3-4
La economÃa española al final del Antiguo Régimen, by Gonzalo Anes et al, in Economic History Review, second series, 36 (1983), 156-58
EconomÃa española, 1960-80, by J.A. MartÃnez Serrano et al, in Iberian Studies, 9 (1982), 79-80
Historia de España, vol. 8: Revolución burguesa, oligarquÃa y constitucionalismo, 1834-1923, edited by Manuel Tuñon de Lara, in Economic History Review, second series, 35 (1982), 481
Mutuaciones y transformaciones de las sociedades del sur de Europa en el umbral de los años ochenta, edited by Miguel MartÃnez Cuadrado, in Journal of Common Market Studies, 19 (1981), 394-95
ArqueologÃa industrial de Alcoi, by Rafael Aracil et al, in Industrial Archaelogy Review, 2 (1981), 155-56
PolÃtica comercial exterior de España, 1931-75, by Angel Viñas et al, in History, 66 (1981), 169-70
La economÃa polÃtica del franquismo: dirigismo, mercado y planificación, by Manuel Jesús González, in The Economic Journal, 90 (1980), 659-60
Los ferrocarriles en España, 1844-1943, edited by Miguel Artola, in Business History, 22 (1980), 255-57
Manufactureros, industriales y revolucionarios, by Miguel Izard & Un estudi entorn del cas de l'Atmella de Merola, by Ignasi Terradas, in Business History, 22 (1980), 257-9
Una historia del Instituto Nacional de Industria, 1941-76, by Pedro Schwartz & Manuel Jesús González, in Iberian Studies, 8 (1979), 43-44
Jalones en la modernización de España, by Nicolás Sánchez Albornoz, in Economic History Review, second series, 32 (1979), 698
Materiales para la historia de España: los precios agrÃcolas en la segunda mitad del siglo XIX, vol. 1, trigo y cebada, by Nicolás Sánchez Albornoz, in Economic History Review, second series, 29 (1976), 339-40