Anarchism Revolution and Reaction

<p> The period from 1898 to 1923 was a particularly dramatic one in Spanish history; it culminated in the violent Barcelona labor wars and was only brought to a close with the coup d'état launched by the Barcelona Captain General Miguel Primo de Rivera in September 1923. In his detailed examination of the rise of the Catalan anarchist-syndicalist-led labor movement the author blends social cultural and political history in a novel way. He analyses the working class from below and the policies of the Spanish State towards labor from above. Based on an in-depth usage of primary sources the authors provides an unrivalled account of Catalan labor and the Catalan anarchist-syndicalist movement and thus makes an important contribution to our understanding of early twentieth-century Spanish history.</p>