José Antonio Piqueras
Spanish historian
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José Antonio Piqueras Arenas (born 1955) is a Spanish historian. Professor of Contemporary History of the Jaume I University (UJI), his research lines focus on the study of social relations and political attitudes.[1] Among other topics, his academic production has dealt with the history of the labour movement,[1] slavery,[2] 19th-century Spanish history,[3] and the history of Cuba and the Antilles.[2]
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| Born | 1955 (age 70–71) Enguera, Valencia, Spain |
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| Education | University of Valencia |
| Thesis | Orígenes sociales de la Restauración (1990) |
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| Discipline | history |
| Institutions | Jaume I University |
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Biography
Born in 1955 in Enguera, Valencia,[4][5] he earned a PhD from the University of Valencia (UV) reading a dissertation titled Orígenes sociales de la Restauración in 1990.[6] He was appointed as senior lecturer at the UJI in 1993,[7] and as professor in the area of Contemporary History in 1998.[8] He is the co-editor of Historia Social, a leading Spanish-language journal in the field of social history.[9]
He was elected as corresponding member of the Academy of History of Cuba in 2014.[10]
Works
- — (1992). La revolución democrática (1868-1874), cuestión social, colonialismo y grupos de presión. Madrid: Ministerio de Trabajo y Seguridad Social.[11]
- — (2003). Cuba, emporio y colonia. La disputa de un mercado interferido (1878-1895). Madrid: FCE.[12]
- — (2006). Persiguiendo el porvenir. La identidad histórica del socialismo valenciano 1870-1976. Alzira: Editorial Algar.[13]
- — (2008). Cánovas y la derecha española. Del magnicidio a los neocon. Barcelona: Ediciones Península.[14]
- — (2010). Bicentenarios de libertad: La fragua de la política en España y las Américas. Barcelona: Ediciones Península.[15]
- — (2011). La esclavitud en las Españas. Un lazo trasatlántico. Madrid: Catarata.[16]
- — (2014). El federalismo. La libertad protegida, la convivencia pactada. Madrid: Alianza.[17]
- — (2016). La era Hobsbawm en historia social. Mexico D.F.: El Colegio de México.[18]