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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
October 2009
Print publication year:
1997
Online ISBN:
9780511582158
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511582158
Subjects:
Area Studies, Military History, Twentieth Century European History, History, European Studies
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Book description

This is a social history of political polarisation as it evolved in one city over three and a half decades before the Spanish Civil War. As such it is a book about the long-term origins of the War as seen 'from below'. More broadly it is an analysis of the evolution of political culture during the transition from elite to mass politics. The book focuses on the interplay between the three main forces that competed for political control: the conservative monarchist/Catholics, the democratic republicans, and the revolutionary trade movement. It is different from other Civil War studies, in trying to understand the relationship between organised political forces and the 'masses' they sought to reach. In doing so it reveals a rich canvas of participants and activities, from trade unions and strikes to female consumer riots.

Reviews

‘… well focused and soundly based … This is precisely the type of book that has been so seriously lacking in the historiography of contemporary Spain’.

Source: History

‘ … this important new study is a vital contribution to the contemporary history of Spain and to the history of polarisation and protests in modern Europe’.

Source: English Historical Review

‘… highly challenging and provocative as well as controversial … This is, without doubt, a convincing and illuminating analysis of popular mobilization, social struggle, and conflict, evolving from the initial consumer and food riots to more organized forms of collective action in a society in transition from elite to mass politics.’

Source: Historical Journal

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