Fleeing Franco : how Wales gave shelter to refugee children from the Basque country during the Spanish Civil War / / Hywel Davies ; designed by Chris Bell

• Autore: Davies Hywel
• Pubblicazione: Cardiff, [Wales] : , : University of Wales Press, , 2011; ©2011
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (202 p.)
• Disciplina: 946.081
• Soggetto topico: Basques - Wales - History - 20th century; Refugee children - Wales - History - 20th century; Basque diaspora
• Soggetto geografico: Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Children; Spain History Civil War, 1936-1939 Refugees
• Persona (resp. second.): BellChris
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Foreword; Acknowledgements; An Uncertain Welcome; Brothers of the Blood; A Badge of Honour; The Great and the Good; Out of Harm's Way; Shelter from the Storm; Dastardly Yarns; A Tidal Wave of Giving; 'The Best Part of My Life'; Fault Lines; Don't Sing the Songs of the Past; Not Ours, But Ours to Look After; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 1937, during the Spanish Civil War, four thousand children escaped by ship from Bilbao and were given sanctuary in Britain. The book focuses on the experiences of the exiles who came to Wales where four Homes were established; it includes several first-hand accounts from surviving refugees. In one camp unrest by some of the boys became headline news, but overwhelmingly the children's experiences were of generosity and solidarity from ordinary people, even though Wales was itself suffering from extreme poverty.
• Titolo autorizzato: Fleeing Franco
• ISBN: 1-299-20081-8; 0-7083-2337-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910789885603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II