Books

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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Homage to Catalonia Homage to Catalonia George Orwell [Homage to Catalonia][1] is [George Orwell][2]'s account of his experiences fighting in the 'Spanish Civil War'. Alongside many British workers, trades unionists, and socialists keen to help the Span… OL1168169W
Iberia and Latin America Iberia and Latin America Howard J. Wiarda "Good concise introduction to complex connection of Spain and Portugal's histories, cultures, and policies with Latin America over past two decades; raises important questions regarding democratizati… OL15074345W
The Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil War Stanley G. Payne "This book presents a new history of the most important conflict in European affairs during the 1930s, the Spanish Civil War. It describes the complex origins of the conflict, the collapse of the Spa… OL16599622W
Ready for revolution Ready for revolution Agustín Guillamón A chronicle of the armed wing of the anarcho-syndicalist union that evolved from workers’ defense to organizers of armed resistance to the Fascist coup, to militia administrators, and finally to coor… OL16811553W
Democracy and ethnography Democracy and ethnography Carol J. Greenhouse,Roshanak Kheshti These ethnographic essays by scholars in anthropology, law, political science, folklore, public administration, medicine, and linguistics show contemporary connections between liberal democracy and e… OL20544333W
Historia de la FAI Historia de la FAI Juan Gómez Casas *Anarchist Organisation* is the first English-language history of the 30,000-member Federacion Anarquista Ibérica (F.A.I.), the unique organisation of Spanish anarchists based on autonomous affinity … OL3603393W
For the common good For the common good Luis R. Corteguera "On June 7, 1640, the viceroy of Catalonia was stabbed to death on a Barcelona beach. By Christmas, several more royal officials of the Spanish principality had been assassinated. In the wake of thes… OL6209186W
Ghosts of Spain Ghosts of Spain Giles Tremlett The Spanish are reputed to be amongst Europe's most voluble people. So why have they kept silent about the terrors of the Spanish Civil War and the rule of dictator Generalisimo Francisco Franco?The … OL8387088W