Description:
Focusing on organization, resistance and political culture, this collection represents some of the best examples of recent Spanish historiography in the field of modern Spanish labor movements. Topics range from socialism to anarchism, from the formation of the liberal state in the 19th century to the Civil War, and from women in the work place to the fate of the unions under Franco.
Brief description:
José A. Piqueras is Professor of History at University Jaume I (Castellón-Spain) and has published widely on the development of civil societies, social movements and political culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. From 1988 has been the Editor of Historia Social.
Review Quotes:
"A collection of this sort is long overdue...This volume, edited by labour historians from two different generations, provides English-speaking readers with a sampler of the work in the field over the last two decades." - Labour/Le Travail