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OverviewIn October 1934 the northern Spanish region of Asturias was the scene of the most important outburst of revolution in Europe between the early 1920s and the Spanish Civil War. Thousands of left-wing militants took up arms and fought the Spanish army in the streets of Oviedo while in the rear-guard committees proclaimed a revolutionary dawn. After two weeks, however, the insurrection was crushed and the widespread repression was central to the polarization and fragmentation of Spanish politics prior to the Civil War (1936-9). Weaving together a range of everyday disputes and arenas of conflict, from tenant activism to strikes, boycotts to political violence, Unite, Proletarian Brothers! reveals how local cleavages and conflicts operating within the context of the Spanish Second Republic (1931-6) and interwar Europe explain the origins, development and consequences of the Asturian October. The book sheds new light on the long-debated process of ‘radicalization’ during the Second Republic, as well as the wider questions of protest, revolutionary politics and social and political conflict in inter-war Europe. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Matthew KerryPublisher: University of London Imprint: University of London Press Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.376kg ISBN: 9781912702503ISBN 10: 1912702509 Pages: 263 Publication Date: 30 September 2020 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsRefreshing and bold...The book's engagement with the politics of community and, above all, its micro-historical approach to discerning how politics was lived and felt on a local level is to be highly praised. -International Journal of Iberian Studies Refreshing and bold...The book's engagement with the politics of community and, above all, its micro-historical approach to discerning how politics was lived and felt on a quotidian and local level is to be highly praised. -International Journal of Iberian Studies Author InformationMatthew Kerry is a lecturer in European history at the University of Stirling. His work on radical politics and anticlericalism in 1930s Spain has appeared in the English Historical Review, Cultural & Social History, and European History Quarterly. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |