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OverviewIn this ambitious new interdisciplinary study, Useche proposes the metaphor of the social foundry to parse how industrialization informed and shaped cultural and national discourses in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Spain. Across a variety of texts, Spanish writers, scientists, educators, and politicians appropriated the new economies of industrial production-particularly its emphasis on the human capacity to transform reality through energy and work-to produce new conceptual frameworks that changed their vision of the future. These influences soon appeared in plans to enhance the nation's productivity, justify systems of class stratification and labor exploitation, or suggest state organizational improvements. This fresh look at canonical writers such as Emilia Pardo Bazan, Concha Espina, Benito Perez Galdos, Vicente Blasco Ibanez, and Jose Echegaray as well as lesser known authors offers close readings of their work as it reflected the complexity of Spain's process of modernization. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Óscar Iván UsechePublisher: Bucknell University Press,U.S. Imprint: Bucknell University Press,U.S. Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.513kg ISBN: 9781684483860ISBN 10: 1684483867 Pages: 276 Publication Date: 18 March 2022 Recommended Age: From 18 to 99 years Audience: College/higher education , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Tertiary & Higher Education Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Temporarily unavailable  The supplier advises that this item is temporarily unavailable. It will be ordered for you and placed on backorder. Once it does come back in stock, we will ship it out to you. Table of ContentsReviews"""Founders of the Future establishes Spain as a vital player in late nineteenth-century discussions of modernization, industrialization, and energy. With a background in engineering and a fine ear for language, Óscar Iván Useche looks beyond well-known works to show how metaphors in popular science writing shaped attitudes toward energy, industrial production, and Spain’s possibilities.""— Laura Otis, author of Banned Emotions: How Metaphors Can Shape What People Feel ""Each chapter of this finely-crafted book paints a lucid picture of the productive incorporation of industrial language and imagery into the discursive fabric of fin-de-siglo Spanish society. Researchers, historians, and scholars from diverse disciplines and theoretical backgrounds will no doubt find Useche’s book a rich source for reflection.""— Nicolás Fernández-Medina, author of Life Embodied: The Promise of Vital Force in Spanish Modernity ""At the crossroads of industry and ideology, Useche reveals the 'semiological engine' of a paradigm shift in fin-de-siglo Spain that spans the discursive horizon of modernization and progress. Attentive to economics, education, labor practices, technology, and the environment, this study explores how coetaneous, often contradictory currents of thought confronted change through new ways of imagining a symbolic advancement that was at once liberating and threatening for Spain’s tomorrow.""— Travis Landry, editor of The Fruits of the Struggle in Diplomacy and War: Moroccan Ambassador al-Ghazzal and His Diplomatic Retinue in Eighteenth-Century Andalusia ""Founders of the Future uncovers the new logic in Spain’s late nineteenth-century industrialization and modernization. It offers a unique perspective for mapping how different sectors of Spanish society viewed technological innovation, a 'social foundry' whence to forge regenerative approaches to Spain’s social, political, and economic problems.""— Dale Pratt, author of Signs of Science: Literature, Science and Spanish Modernity Since 1868" At the crossroads of industry and ideology, Useche reveals the 'semiological engine' of a paradigm shift in fin-de-siglo Spain that spans the discursive horizon of modernization and progress. Attentive to economics, education, labor practices, technology, and the environment, this study explores how coetaneous, often contradictory currents of thought confronted change through new ways of imagining a symbolic advancement that was at once liberating and threatening for Spain's tomorrow. --Travis Landry editor of The Fruits of the Struggle in Diplomacy and War: Moroccan Ambassador al-Ghazzal and His Diplomatic Retinue in Eighteenth-Century Andalusia Useche offers a fresh and compelling account of industrial modernization in Spain and its profound impact on the country's social and political development. Each chapter of this finely-crafted book paints a lucid picture of the productive incorporation of industrial language and imagery into the discursive fabric of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Spanish society. Researchers, historians, and scholars from diverse disciplines and theoretical backgrounds will no doubt find Useche's book a rich source for reflection. --Nicolas Fernandez-Medina author of Life Embodied: The Promise of Vital Force in Spanish Modernity Founders of the Future establishes Spain as a vital player in late nineteenth-century discussions of modernization, industrialization, and energy. With a background in engineering and a fine ear for language, Oscar Ivan Useche looks beyond well-known works to show how metaphors in popular science writing shaped attitudes toward energy, industrial production, and Spain's possibilities. --Laura Otis author of Banned Emotions: How Metaphors Can Shape What People Feel Founders of the Future uncovers the new logic in Spain's late nineteenth-century industrialization and modernization. It offers a unique perspective for mapping how different sectors of Spanish society viewed technological innovation, a 'social foundry' whence to forge regenerative approaches to Spain's social, political, and economic problems. --Dale Pratt author of Signs of Science: Literature, Science and Spanish Modernity Since 1868 Founders of the Future establishes Spain as a vital player in late nineteenth-century discussions of modernization, industrialization, and energy. With a background in engineering and a fine ear for language, Oscar Ivan Useche looks beyond well-known works to show how metaphors in popular science writing shaped attitudes toward energy, industrial production, and Spain's possibilities. --Laura Otis author of Banned Emotions: How Metaphors Can Shape What People Feel Founders of the Future uncovers the new logic in Spain's late nineteenth-century industrialization and modernization. It offers a unique perspective for mapping how different sectors of Spanish society viewed technological innovation, a 'social foundry' whence to forge regenerative approaches to Spain's social, political and economic problems. --Dale Pratt author of Signs of Science: Literature, Science and Spanish Modernity Since 1868 At the crossroads of industry and ideology, Useche reveals the 'semiological engine' of a paradigm shift in fin-de-siglo Spain that spans the discursive horizon of modernization and progress. Attentive to economics, education, labor practices, technology, and the environment, this study explores how coetaneous, often contradictory currents of thought confronted change through new ways of imagining a symbolic advancement that was at once liberating and threatening for Spain's tomorrow. --Travis Landry editor of The Fruits of the Struggle in Diplomacy and War: Moroccan Ambassador al-Ghazzal and His Diplomatic Retinue in Eighteenth-Century Andalusia Useche offers a fresh and compelling account of industrial modernization in Spain and its profound impact on the country's social and political development. Each chapter of this finely-crafted book paints a lucid picture of the productive incorporation of industrial language and imagery into the discursive fabric of late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Spanish society. Researchers, historians, and scholars from diverse disciplines and theoretical backgrounds will no doubt find Useche's book a rich source for reflection. --Nicolas Fernandez-Medina author of Life Embodied: The Promise of Vital Force in Spanish Modernity Author InformationÓSCAR IVÁN USECHE is an associate professor of Spanish at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. As a specialist in modern peninsular studies, his research focuses on exploring the interaction between science, technology, and cultural production in fin-de-siglo Spain. His work has appeared in a variety of academic publications, including the Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies, Decimonónica, and Siglodiecinueve. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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