Department of Humanities of the Pompeu Fabra University (1996–)
Josep Maria Fradera i Barceló (born 1952) is a Spanish historian, professor of Contemporary History at the
Pompeu Fabra University. Specialised in the colonial system of the late
Spanish Empire, he has also studied the
history of Catalonia.
Biography
Fradera was born in
Mataró in 1952.[1] An anti-francoist activist in his youth and member of the
Unified Socialist Party of Catalonia (PSUC), Fradera began his college studies at the
Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB) in 1971.[2] He earned a PhD from the UAB in 1983, reading a dissertation titled Crisi colonial i mercat interior, 1814-1837. Les bases comercials de la indústria catalana moderna and supervised by
Josep Fontana.[2][3]
— (2005). Colonias para después de un imperio.[13]
— (2009). La patria dels catalans. Barcelona: La Magrana.[14]
— (2015). La nación imperial. Derechos, representación y ciudadanía en los imperios de Gran Bretaña, Francia, España y Estados Unidos (1750-1918). Barcelona: Edhasa.[15]
Lluch, Ernest (1994). "Josep M. Fradera: 'Cultura nacional en una societat dividida. Patriotisme i cultura a Catalunya (1838-1868)". L'Avenç (177). Barcelona: 56–57.