Aurora Bosch, Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Valencia, has been awarded the 2013 Willi Paul Adams Award for her book 'Fear of democracy. The United States' relation with the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil War '(2012, Editorial Review). The prize has been awarded by the Organization of American Historians (OAH) this Saturday, April 13, in San Francisco (California).
OAH gives this award every two years TO the best book about American history published in a foreign language. The committee of 2013 Willi Paul Adams Award has awarded this work for "its important contribution to the understanding of American politics taken to Spain in the years of the Second Republic and during the Civil War."
As stated by the jury, in this work, Aurora Bosch "produces a rich portrait of the complex interactions of the events that shaped American policy towards Spain during this period." But the most important aspect of this work is that the Valencian professor demonstrates how domestic politics absorbed Franklin Roosevelt, namely the defense of New Deal at a time of perceived vulnerability and preservation of the coalition that supported him, some elements of which were hostile to Republican Spain and, therefore, distracted him from a serious commitment to the Spanish issue and limited their freedom of action. The result, then, was a policy of strict neutrality toward both sides in the conflict and that Roosevelt recognized later as "wrong". For the American prize committee, "this book helps us appreciate, in a more complete, a crucial episode in American and European history of the twentieth century."
A research career
Aurora Bosch (Valencia, 1954) has enjoyed stays as a visiting researcher at the Universities of London, UCLA and Berkeley. Her research has revolved around the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil War, the political and social history of the United States and comparative history. She has written several books, including 'UGT and libertarians' (1983), finalist for the National History Award, 'Studies on the Second Republic' (1993), 'History of the United States, 1776-1945' (2005 and 2010 ), and 'Fear of Democracy. The United States' relation with the Second Republic and the Spanish Civil War '(2012).
She is currently lead researcher in the R + D + I project 'Democracy and political culture of the left in twentieth-century Spain: developments and limitations in a comparative framework' and the research group of excellence, initiative framed Prometheus Historical Studies Group on Transitions and Democracies (GEHTID) and is working on the second volume of the history of the United States.
She has written articles on the various relevant areas of research in journals such as Estudis d’Història Agrària, Recerques, Ayer, Historia Contemporánea, Historia Social, New Left Review, The Journal of Iberian Studies Radical History Review, and has contributed to making numerous anthologies.
OAH
Founded in 1907, the Organization of American Historians is a professional society dedicated to the teaching and study of the American past. OAH promotes excellence through scholarship, teaching and presentation of American history. Members include university professors, students, teachers, archivists, curators and other historians who work for the government and the private sector.
Last update: 15 de april de 2013 11:55.
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