@misc{10481/65285,
year = {2021},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10481/65285},
abstract = {In the aftermath of civil war, Spain witnessed a period known as the ‘Years of Hunger’,
which would extend throughout the postwar years (1939–52). The dictatorship would
lay the blame on external factors, although the causes for the collapse of living conditions
and food supply over that time lay in its autarkic policies. This article attempts to
show that Spain was victim of a famine as a consequence of the economic policies of the
Franco dictatorship. To analyse the Spanish case, we rely on the conceptual framework
of famine studies throughout history. We will demonstrate that Spain suffered an
extreme socio-economic crisis during the 1940s, but that it was not until late 1939
and 1942, as well as 1946, that a true famine took place. In order to characterise and
explain it, we will analyse three different aspects: the rise in the cost of living, the spread
of infectious diseases and death by starvation.},
organization = {This article is part of the research project ‘‘MEMOHAMBRE: Historia y memoria
del hambre: sociedad, vida cotidiana, actitudes sociales y polı´ticas de la dictadura
franquista (1939–1959)’’ funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy, Industry and
Competitiveness.},
publisher = {Journal of Contemporary History},
keywords = {Autarky},
keywords = {Diseases},
keywords = {Famines},
keywords = {Francoism},
keywords = {Spain},
keywords = {Starvation},
title = {Famine in Spain During Franco’s Dictatorship (1939–52)},
doi = {10.1177/0022009419876004},
author = {Arco Blanco, Miguel Ángel Del},
}