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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783995303321

Titolo

Revolution and war in Spain, 1931-1939 / / editor, Paul Preston

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : , : Methuen, , 1984

ISBN

1-280-10522-4

0-585-46512-6

9786610105229

0-203-22222-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (314 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

PrestonPaul <1946->

Disciplina

946.081

Soggetti

Spain History 20th century

Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Causes

Spain Politics and government 1931-1939

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; List of contributors; List of abbreviations; Acknowledgements; Map of the regions and provinces of Spain; Introduction War of words: the Spanish Civil War and the historians; The Republican 'take-over': prelude to inevitable catastrophe?; The Church's crusade against the Republic; War on two fronts: politics and society in Navarre 1931  6; Regionalism and revolution in Catalonia; The epic failure: the Asturian revolution of October 1934; Economic crisis, social conflict and the Popular Front: Madrid 1931  6; The agrarian war in the south

The Basque question 1931  7 Soldiers, politics and war; The popular experience of war and revolution 1936  9; Reflex reaction: Germany and the onset of the Spanish Civil War; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This collection of essays constitutes a magnificent monument to recent scholarship on the Second Republic and the Civil War. It is indispensable for a full understanding of the period.' - Raymond Carr