{"product_id":"anarchism-revolution-and-reaction-catalan-labor-and-the-crisis-of-the-spanish-state-1898-1923-9781845451769","title":"Anarchism, Revolution and Reaction: Catalan Labor","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tThe 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’état 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 authors 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \t“\u003cem\u003eThe major and significant achievement of Ángel Smith’s exhaustively researched monograph is to provide a balanced and intelligent explanation for the tremendous influence of anarchism amongst the Catalan working class and the \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eBarceloneses \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003ein particular that was so evident in the first heady months of the Spanish revolution from July 1936… Ángel Smith has produced an exemplary study that will surely establish itself as the core text on the growth and development of Catalan anarchism, but which also contributes much to a more profound understanding of the broader course of twentieth century Spanish history.\u003c\/em\u003e”\u003cb\u003e  ·  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSocial History\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“This detailed work provides a valuable account of the factors which destabilized Spain in the period up to 1923. In essence this is an excellent reference work to the complicated labour and political situations which existed in early twentieth-century Spain, and it should find a place on the shelves of libraries and historians of contemporary Spain.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  Bulletin of Spanish Studies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“In sum this is an invaluable work, which no historian of modern Spain, anarchism or European labour can afford to do without.”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  History\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003ci\u003e“[this] outstanding study enriches…our understanding of Catalan anarchism and syndicalism..”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e  ·  International Socialism\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \tList of Figures and Tables\u003cbr\u003e \tAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e \tList of Acronyms\u003cbr\u003e \tA Note on Language Usage\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART I: THE ROOTS OF INDUSTRIAL MILITANCY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 1.\u003c\/b\u003e Industrial Structure, Technological Change and the Labour Process\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 2.\u003c\/b\u003e Gender, Skill and Class: Hierarchy and Solidarity within the Catalan Working-Class Community\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 3.\u003c\/b\u003e The State, Employers and Organised Labour: Political Marginalisation, Social Control and Resistance\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART II: BUILDING THE ANARCHIST-SYNDICALIST MOVEMENT, 1898 to 1914\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 4.\u003c\/b\u003e Anarchism, Socialism and the General Strike, 1898 to 1909\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 5.\u003c\/b\u003e Workers against the State: Anarchism, Republicanism, Popular and Working-Class Protest, 1898 to 1909\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 6.\u003c\/b\u003e The Foundation of the CNT, 1910 to 1914\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003ePART III: THE GUN AND THE SWORD: THE CATALAN CNT FROM REVOLUTION TO REPRESSION, 1915 to 1923\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 7.\u003c\/b\u003e The War-Time Economy and the Rise of the Sindicats Unics, 1915 to 1918\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 8.\u003c\/b\u003e Between Reform and Revolution: The Catalan CNT and the Left-Wing Challenge to the Restoration Regime, 1915 to 1918\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 9.\u003c\/b\u003e 1919: The Apogee of the Catalan CNT and the Employer-Military Counteroffensive\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cb\u003eChapter 10.\u003c\/b\u003e The Road to Dictatorship: The Destruction of the Catalan CNT and the Fall of the Restoration Regime, 1920 to 1923\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \tBibliography\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Berghahn Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51042967257431,"sku":"9781845451769","price":96.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781845451769.jpg?v=1750956440","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/anarchism-revolution-and-reaction-catalan-labor-and-the-crisis-of-the-spanish-state-1898-1923-9781845451769","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}