The Spanish Civil War became the setting for the struggle between revolution and counter-revolution as well as being, for many outsiders, the place of armed conflict between the forces of democracy and fascism. This book is a synthesis of political, social and cultural history concerning the anarchist revolution during the Spanish Civil War.

"Catalonia Since the Spanish Civil War" examines the transformation of the Catalan nation in socioeconomic, political, and historical terms, and offers an innovative interpretation of the determinants of its nationalist mobilization. With Franco s and Spanish nationalism s victory in 1939, and the consolidation of a long-lasting dictatorship, it appeared certain that the Catalan national movement would be crushed. Yet, this did not happen and Catalan nationalism and identity reemerged at the end of Franco s dictatorship in 1975 more firmly rooted than before. The 21st century has been marked...