Eduardo Barreiros and the recovery of Spain / Hugh Thomas.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Thomas, Hugh, 1931-
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xv, 391 p., [29] p. of plates :; ill., maps, plans.

Table of Contents

The peasants do the real work -- The Rodriguezes of Gundias -- The Barreiroses of Sabadelle -- "βGuagua, guagua!" -- Give to him who asks -- A clear, bright town -- The Spanish catastrophe -- People lived for politics -- There came forth from the soil armed men -- Red beret -- This cruel struggle -- Establishing a national syndicalist system -- The rich girl of the village -- Marching alone -- Transform your car to diesel -- Good-bye rivers, good-bye fountains, good-bye little streams -- A good source of income -- "Madrid! Madrid!" -- The vehicle of progress -- Onward, Barreiros! -- My boyfriend works in Barreiros -- The factory of happiness -- We worked with optimism -- Your call persuaded me -- We beseech you to refuse a licence -- Boys always run after motor cars -- A university of work -- The new gods from the west -- Disagreement with the Americans -- Very sad for us -- A combination of adversities -- We never thought that we would reach this moment -- A place in La Mancha -- Life has dealt me a bad hand -- Don Eduardo in the land of comrades -- Villaverde revisited -- I am a Barreiros product.