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This book is an important and original contribution to a field that is of considerable importance and continuing present-day relevance. --Patrick Boylan, City University of London Reconstructing Spain examines, through the example of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath, the role played by cultural heritage in post-conflict reconstruction, either as the justification of the prolongation of violence or as a contribution to the construction of reconciliation. This is done convincingly through a sophisticated and nuanced examination of various elements of the reconstruction pursued by the Franco dictatorship whether in physical, architectural terms or through 'cultural' devices, the rewriting of history, the demonization of the defeated and so on. --Paul Preston, series editor, London School of Economics Reconstructing Spain is an excellent book, strongly recommended to those with a general or scholarly interest or anyone wanting to know more about the role of heritage as a propaganda tool, and the risks in reconstructing heritage in postconflict situations. The book offers a fascinating insight into a less reported aspect of the Franco regime. It further enables a better understanding of the current debate about the recovery of lost memories a couple of generations after the end of the Civil War. Perhaps even more importantly, the book contains significant lessons in how the international community should respond to nation building and post-conflict reconciliation. --International Journal of Heritage Studies Is of significant value to both Hispanists and students of civil wars, memory, and reconstruction. Highly recommended. --Choice

Reconstructing Spain examines, through the example of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath, the role played by cultural heritage in post-conflict reconstruction, either as the justification of the prolongation of violence or as a contribution to the construction of reconciliation. This is done convincingly through a sophisticated and nuanced examination of various elements of the reconstruction pursued by the Franco dictatorship whether in physical, architectural terms or through 'cultural' devices, the rewriting of history, the demonization of the defeated and so on. --Paul Preston, Series Editor, London School of Economics

Reconstructing Spain examines, through the example of the Spanish Civil War and its aftermath, the role played by cultural heritage in post-conflict reconstruction, either as the justification of the prolongation of violence or as a contribution to the construction of reconciliation. This is done convincingly through a sophisticated and nuanced examination of various elements of the reconstruction pursued by the Franco dictatorship whether in physical, architectural terms or through cultural devices, the rewriting of history, the demonization of the defeated and so on. Paul Preston, series editor, London School of Economics

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"Dacia Viejo-Rose is a College Research Associate at Jesus College, Cambridge, and a post-doctoral researcher on the European Commission funded research project ""Cultural Heritage & the Reconstruction of Identities After Conflict"" (CRIC) based at the McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, University of Cambridge. In 2006 she founded the Cambridge Post-Conflict and Post-Crisis group and continues to co-organise it."

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