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Through the eyes of a young American female radical socialist, living and working in Barcelona during the Catalan Revolution and the Spanish Civil War, the dreams, the nightmares and the realities of European politics in the age of dictatorship are fully brought to life. An autobiographical commentary written on the eve of World War Two.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction The Catalan Revolution Women's Autobiographies: History and Meaning The Language of Symbols and the Barriers of Language: Foreigners' Perceptions of Social Revolution (Barcelona 1936-1937) Letters From Barcelona (Autumn) (Lois Orr) Letters From Barcelona (Winter) (Lois Orr) Letters From Barcelona (Spring) (Lois Orr) Reminiscences (Charles Orr) In Stalin's Secret Barcelona Jail (Auto-)Biographical Notes (Lois Orr)

Letters from Barcelona

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      Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 12/02/2009
      ISBN13: 9781349358120, 978-1349358120
      ISBN10: 1349358126

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Through the eyes of a young American female radical socialist, living and working in Barcelona during the Catalan Revolution and the Spanish Civil War, the dreams, the nightmares and the realities of European politics in the age of dictatorship are fully brought to life. An autobiographical commentary written on the eve of World War Two.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction The Catalan Revolution Women's Autobiographies: History and Meaning The Language of Symbols and the Barriers of Language: Foreigners' Perceptions of Social Revolution (Barcelona 1936-1937) Letters From Barcelona (Autumn) (Lois Orr) Letters From Barcelona (Winter) (Lois Orr) Letters From Barcelona (Spring) (Lois Orr) Reminiscences (Charles Orr) In Stalin's Secret Barcelona Jail (Auto-)Biographical Notes (Lois Orr)

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