Unite, proletarian brothers! : radicalism and revolution in the Spanish Second Republic /
Outbursts of revolution in Europe. Thousands of left-wing militants took up arms and fought the Spanish army in the streets of Oviedo, while in the rear-guard committees proclaimed a revolutionary dawn. After two weeks, however, the insurrection was crushed, and the ensuing widespread repression was...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Royal Historical Society : Institute of Historical Research : University of London Press,
[2020].
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| Series: | New historical perspectives.
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| Summary: | Outbursts of revolution in Europe. Thousands of left-wing militants took up arms and fought the Spanish army in the streets of Oviedo, while in the rear-guard committees proclaimed a revolutionary dawn. After two weeks, however, the insurrection was crushed, and the ensuing widespread repression was central to the polarization and fragmentation of Spanish politics prior to the Civil War (1936-39). Weaving together a range of everyday disputes and arenas of conflict, from tenant activism to strikes, boycotts to political violence, Unite, Proletarian Brothers! reveals how local cleavages and conflicts operating within the context of the Spanish Second Republic (1931-36) and interwar Europe explain the origins, development and consequences of the Asturian October. The book sheds new light on the long-debated process of "radicalization" during the Second Republic, as well as the wider questions of protest, revolutionary politics and social and political conflict in interwar Europe. |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 249 pages : color maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-240) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781912702497 1912702495 9781912702503 1912702509 |