The Spanish intellectual expatriation / La expatriación intelectual española

Abstract

The Spanish emigration of intellectuals started before the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939). The republic favoured the exodus of families belonging to the conservative ideals to places such as Portugal, Great Britain and Argentina. As a result of the military coup of 1936, and the revolutionary environment that followed as a reaction, many conservatives moved to Italy, especially from Catalonia. The loss of the Civil War by the Republican bloc originated an important exodus of liberals, especially to America, both North and South. The Spanish scientific community was thus saved, and could even develop further in some parts of Spanish America, where it reached a fruitful marriage with the local scientific environment.

Keywords

• Exile
• migration
• elites
• Civil War
• Spanish Republic
• Latin America
• Mexico