Anarchism, Revolution and Reaction: Catalan Labor and the Crisis of the Spanish State, 1898-1923

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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'etat 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. Contents List of Figures and Tables Acknowledgements List of Acronyms A Note on Language Usage Introduction Part I. The Roots of Industrial Militancy 1. Industrial Structure, Technological Change and the Labour Process 2. Gender, Skill and Class: Hierarchy and Solidarity within the Catalan Working-Class Community 3. The State, Employers and Organised Labour: Political Marginalisation, Social Control and Resistance Part II. Building the Anarchist-Syndicalist Movement, 1898 to 1914 4. Anarchism, Socialism and the General Strike, 1898 to 1909 5 Workers Against the State: Anarchism, Republicanism, Popular and Working-Class Protest, 1898 to 1909 6. The Foundation of the CNT, 1910 to 1914 Part III. The Gun and the Sword: The Catalan CNT fromRevolution to Repression, 1915 to 1923 7. The War-Time Economy and the Rise of the Sindicats Unics, 1915 to 1918 8. Between Reform and Revolution: The Catalan CNT and the Left-Wing Challenge to the Restoration Regime, 1915 to 1918 9. 1919: The Apogee of the Catalan CNT and the Employer-Military Counteroffensive 10. The Road to Dictatorship: The Destruction of the Catalan CNT and the Fall of the Restoration Regime, 1920 to 1923 Bibliography Index