Anarchism, revolution and reaction
catalan labour and the crisis of the spanish State, 1898-1923
- ISBN: 9781845451769
- Editorial: Berghahn Books
- Fecha de la edición: 2007
- Lugar de la edición: New York. Estados Unidos de Norteamérica
- Colección: International studies in social history
- Encuadernación: Cartoné
- Medidas: 24 cm
- Nº Pág.: 405
- Idiomas: Inglés
The period from 1898 to 1923 was a particularly dramatic one in Spanish history; it culminated in the violent Barcelona "labor wars" and was only brought to a close with the coup d'etat launched by the Barcelona Captain General, Miguel Primo de Rivera, in September 1923. In his detailed examination of the rise of the Catalan anarchist-syndicalist- led labor movement, the author blends social, cultural and political history in a novel way. He analyses the working class "from below" and the policies of the Spanish State towards labor "from above." Based on an in-depth usage of primary sources, the author provides an unrivalled account of Catalan labor and the Catalan anarchist-syndicalist movement and thus makes an important contribution to our understanding of early twentieth-century Spanish history.
