Mirás-Araujo, Jesús2006-09-132006-09-132006The Economics and Business Historical Society on-line proceedings journal, vol. 24 (2006)http://hdl.handle.net/2183/820Papers from the thirty-first annual conference of the Economic and Business Historical Society, held at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, April 27, 28, and 29, 2006The paper aims to compare the paths followed by the Spanish towns and cities during the inter-war period. The starting point is the belief that during this period they underwent a dynamic stage, which was the prelude of another outstanding period of urban growth, the 1950s and 1960s (abruptly interrupted by the Spanish Civil War, 1939-1939). The cities that benefited most were the largest ones, thanks to the rural-urban immigration process. But the small towns lingered behind, losing the course of industrialization. In the midst of the urban hierarchy we find the medium-sized towns, which developed tertiary functions.application/mswordengSpanish citiesUrban growthUrbanizationInter-war yearsjournal articleopen access