Hunger: a historiographic reflection for inclusion in the study of Francoism

Abstract

This article aims to be a historiographic review of the contributions on the postwar years in Spain. It does so with the concern of a certain historiographical gap: the study of what we call the “Spanish famine” and the conditions of life during the 1940s. We also look at the 1950s, considering that the analysis of that period (largely unattended in many aspects by historiography) cannot be understood or explained without what happened in the previous decade. In essence, we underline the need to give a main role to hunger and living conditions in the historical analysis of the first years of the Franco regime.