Martín-Aceña, Pablo; Roldán de Montaud, Inés - In: Historical turning points in Spanish economic growth …, (pp. 53-88). 2020
The year 1898 was the year of the disaster. In two naval battles - one in the Caribbean and the other in the Pacific - the Spanish fleet was destroyed and Spain lost its remaining colonies: Cuba, Puerto Rico and the Philippines. The defeat, which brought an end to the nation’s imperial status,...
