It was during the period 1913-1923 that the seeds of political polarization and social violence culminating in the Spanish Civil War were sown. This volume explores the causes of the growing schism within Spanish society, focusing on the crisis of the Spanish liberal order, under challenge from newly mobilized forces on both the Right and Left.

SEBASTIAN BALFOUR Emeritus Professor of Contemporary Spanish Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK FRANCISCO COBO ROMERO Professor in Contemporary Spanish History, the University of Granada, Spain CHRIS EALHAM History Lecturer, Saint Louis University in Madrid, Spain and Honorary Research Fellow, Lancaster University, UK PABLO LA PORTE Lecturer in Spanish History, Heriot Watt University, UK JAVIER MORENO LUZÓN Professor in Contemporary Spanish History, the Complutense University of Madrid, Spain ALEJANDRO QUIROGA Reader in Spanish History, the University of Newcastle, UK