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Joaquín Costa (September 14, 1846, Monzón, Huesca Province[1] – February 8, 1911, Graus, Huesca Province[2]) was a Spanish politician, lawyer, economist and historian.
The son of an Aragonese farmer and his first wife, Costa was self-educated and campaigned to end what he considered to be Spanish backwardness. He desired to start a movement that would force politicians to embark on a program of educational, social, and economic reform.
According to Raymond Carr his ideas, known as 'Regenerationism' (scientific study of Spain's decline as a nation), rose to greater prominence in the aftermath of Spain's defeat in the Spanish–American War.[3]
External links
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Media related to Joaquín Costa at Wikimedia Commons- Digitalized works by Joaquín Costa @ the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the Biblioteca Nacional de España.
References
edit- ^ González-Blanco, Edmundo (1920). Costa y el problema de la educación nacional (in Spanish). Editorial Cervantes. p. 5. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Plana, Marcelino Gambón y (1911). Biografía y bibliografía de D. Joaquin Costa (in Spanish). Est. tip. de F. Gambon. p. 87. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
- ^ Carr, Raymond (1993). The Spanish tragedy : the Civil War in perspective. London: Weidenfeld. p. 22. ISBN 978-0-297-81373-6. Retrieved 15 February 2024.
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