Summary - TST 2

TRANSPORTES, SERVICIOS Y TELECOMUNICACIONES


TST 2

Olga Macías Muñoz
El largo despertar: los tiempos de la Autarquía (1939-1959)

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The age of the Autarchy (1939-1959) was for the Ministry of Public Works the awakening from an ostracism marked by the losses of the Civil War, and stressed by a political control whose ideology considered the public works as a key piece for the integral regenerationism of Spain. The new opening options for the Franco’s Regime, not only in foreign affairs but also with the access of new political families to the nation’s government, resulted in a limited improvement of the transport, telecommunications and hydraulic infrastructures. Although the growth levels attained can not be considered extraordinary, they provided the ministry with the adequate bases for the ulterior development of these sectors, so crucial for the economy of the country.