The Spanish labyrinth : an account of the social and political background of the Civil War

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The Spanish labyrinth : an account of the social and political background of the Civil War

by Gerald Brenan

University Press, 1950

2nd ed

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Bibliography: p. [346]-369

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Isolated from the rest of Europe politically as well as geographically, Spain is a difficult country for foreigners to understand. Yet when in 1936 the land was divided by the most disastrous civil war of this century, individuals and governments of many nations became involved. This book is an account of how and why things turned out as they did. The answers lie in the labyrinth of Spanish history between 1874 and 1936. Mr Brenan charts this labyrinth, disentangling and identifying the separate forces for disunity; he explains the part played by the Church, the army, and the various political parties - Anarchists, Anarcho-Syndicalists, Carlists and Socialists; and he shows how industrial unrest, unequal privileges, agrarian discontent, and provincial loyalties each had a share in producing a war in which 'the vanquished were beaten and the victors defeated'.

Table of Contents

  • Preface to the second edition
  • Preface to the first edition
  • Chronological table
  • Political divisions, 1873-1936
  • Part I. The Ancien Regime, 1874-1931: 1. The restoration, 1874-1931
  • 2. The parliamentary regime and the Catalan question, 1898-1909
  • 3. The liberals and the Church
  • 4. The army and the syndicalist struggle in Barcelona, 1916-1923
  • 5. The dictatorship
  • Part II. The Condition of the Working Classes: 6. The agrarian question
  • 7. The Anarchists
  • 8. The Anarcho-Syndicalists
  • 9. The Carlists
  • 10. The Socialists
  • Part III. The Republic: 11. The constituent cortes
  • 12. The bienio negro
  • 13. The popular front
  • 14. Epilogue - the Civil War
  • Three sketch maps
  • Appendices
  • Bibliography
  • Index.

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