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The article discusses the 80th anniversary of the Spanish Civil War in 1936-1939. It discusses British influence on Spanish historical writing. It also explores the five areas of contention to some of this writing which include the explanations for the failure of the Second Republic, the reasons behind General Francisco Franco's victory, and Franco's role in the modernization of Spain.

Discusses twentieth-century England's shifting attention from aristocratic to bourgeois dimension and historicizing the changing nature of anti-modern criticism. Effect of urbanization on England; Activities of ramblers' movements; Effect of American culture on England; Comments on folklorists on urbanization; Effect of 1930s political developments to cultural pessimism.