Modern Spain has remained largely absent from the debates and narratives of global history. In sharp contrast to the early modern period, the case of Spain in the nineteenth century has been overwhelmingly studied from regional and national perspectives. Fortunately, valuable efforts to integrate this country into wider frames of analysis have emerged in the last decade. Building on these writings, this article will argue that connections and entanglements represent two valuable perspectives, which allow the insertion of the Spanish experience into contemporary narratives of global history. The article has two aims. First, it seeks to ‘decentre’ modern Spain, by moving beyond its territorial borders within the Iberian Peninsula, and by examining its global dimensions, through connections with territories, colonies, and nations on several continents. Second, it aims to reveal valuable insights for current debates on global history, which arise from a focus on a country that is usually considered to have been both marginal and peripheral.

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在全球时代书写西班牙历史：十九世纪的联系与纠葛

现代西班牙在全球历史的辩论和叙述中基本上没有出现。与近代早期形成鲜明对比的是，19 世纪西班牙的案例已经从地区和国家的角度进行了压倒性的研究。幸运的是，在过去十年中，出现了将这个国家纳入更广泛分析框架的宝贵努力。在这些著作的基础上，本文将认为联系和纠缠代表了两个有价值的观点，它们允许将西班牙的经验插入到当代全球历史叙述中。这篇文章有两个目的。首先，它试图通过超越其在伊比利亚半岛内的领土边界，并通过与领土、殖民地的联系来审视其全球范围，来“去中心化”现代西班牙，和几个大洲的国家。其次，它旨在为当前关于全球历史的辩论揭示有价值的见解，这些辩论源于对一个通常被认为既边缘又边缘的国家的关注。