Spanish society in the 19th century
Economic and social transformation
Economy and industrialisation
Industrial Revolution was late and slow only in the Baque Country, Catalonia and the larges cities. Most of the population still worked in the fields England or Germany used machinery.Railway didn´t appear until the second half of the century. The first train rail was from Barcelona to Mataró in 1848
Society
The bourgwoise become rich also become the dominant social class, and was the upper class and live modern neighbourhoods called ensanches. Industrial Revolution brought serius social problems: hard working conditions, chailds explotation...
Political demosn of the working class.
ART AND CULTURE
Romanticism
Begining of the century revolutionary atmosphere
REALISM
Middle of the century show aspects of the industrial society
IMPRESSIONISM
End of thorke century technological advanges on their w
GENERATION OF 98.
A grup of writers and intelectuals who ciiticised Spanish of the modernisation of the country.
CIENTIFIC ADVANCES
Several researches Ramon y Cjal had the first Novel Prize for science.