This collection of essays by friends and pupils of Sir Raymond Carr explores important issues of authority and legitimacy, providing intriguing insights into Spain's turbulent development throughout the twentieth century. Drawing on the latest research to provide studies of diverse individuals and groups--including generals, bishops, entrepreneurs, rural grandees, Falangists and Socialists, reformers and revolutionaries--the volume provides a cohesive look at the elites who have striven to dominate, exploit, or change the structures of power in modern Spain.