Joaquín Costa (September 14, 1846,

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– February 8, 1911) was a

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politician, lawyer, economist and historian. The son of an

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ese farmer and his first wife, Costa was self-educated and campaigned to end what he considered to be Spanish backwardness. He desired to start a movement that would force politicians to embark on a program of educational, social, and economic reform. According to Raymond Carr his ideas, known as '

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' (scientific study of Spain's decline as a nation), rose to greater prominence in the aftermath of Spain's defeat in the

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Digitalized works by Joaquín Costa
@ the Biblioteca Digital Hispánica of the

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. 1846 births 1911 deaths People from Cinca Medio Spanish political writers {{Spain-bio-stub