War and revolution in Catalonia, 1936-1939 / / Pelai Pages i Blanch ; translated by Patrick L. Gallagher.

• Superior document: Historical Materialism Book Series ; Volume 58
• Author: Pagès, Pelai.
• TeilnehmendeR: Gallagher, Patrick L.
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden : : Koninklijke Brill NV,, 2013.; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Language: English
• Series: Historical materialism book series ; 58.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (261 pages)
• Notes: "This book is a translation of Pages i Blanch, Pelai 2007, Cataluña en guerra y en revolución. (1936-1939), Ediciones Espuela de Plata. (c) 2007 Pagès i Blance"--Title page verso.

In War and Revolution in Catalonia, 1936-1939 , Pelai Pagès i Blanch analyses the political and military evolution of the events in Catalonia during the Spanish Civil War: the street battles that defeated the military rebellion; the social revolution that pervaded all levels of Catalonia's politics, economy, and culture; the gradual erosion of workers' power, culminating in the May Events; and Catalonia's eventual fall to Franco's forces. Pagès i Blanch demonstrates the extent to which the war was lost when the Republican leaders, in order to ‘unify’ the left against Franco and fascism, turned their backs on the social revolution. This translation of Pagès i Blanch's landmark study is the first full-length monograph in English to focus on Catalonia's experience during the war. English translation of Cataluña en guerra y en revolución , Ediciones Espuela de Plata, 2007.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- 1 Precursors to War and Revolution in Catalonia -- 2 The Military Uprising and the Failure of the Rebellion -- 3 Political Transformations: the Crisis of the Generalitat and the Formation of the Militia Committees -- 4 The Formation of the Popular Militias and the Aragon Front -- 5 Public Order and Political Repression in the Rearguard -- 6 The Republican Justice System: From Popular Tribunals to Special Tribunals -- 7 Social and Economic Transformations -- 8 The War Economy and the War Industries -- 9 Forming the Unity Government and the First Political Disagreements -- 10 The May Events of 1937 -- 11 The Consequences of the May Events -- 12 The Republican Military Offensives, Summer 1937 -- 13 The Negrín Government in Barcelona and the Rupture of the Catalan Front -- 14. The Battle of the Ebro and the Deterioration of Conditions in the Rearguard -- 15. The Occupation of Catalonia and Losing the War -- Conclusion: The Historical Significance of the Republic’s Defeat -- A ‘The Failure of the Military Insurrection in Barcelona’, La Vanguardia, 22 July 1936 -- B Manuel Moragues, ‘The Formation of the Catalan Central Committee of Anti-fascist Militias’, La Publicitat, 2 August 1936 -- C ‘Popular Militias on the Aragon Front’, Crònica diària, 24 July 1936 -- D ‘Public Order in the Catalan Rearguard’, Crònica diària, 24 October 1936 -- E ‘The Municipalisation of Housing’, La Vanguardia, 19 June 1937 -- F The Fatarella Incidents: -- G The May 1937 Events. From Crònica diària, 3, 4 and 5 May 1937 -- H ‘Repression Against the POUM’, letter from jailed members of the POUM -- I Francisco Franco and Ramón Serrano Suñer, ‘The Abolition of the Catalan Autonomy Statute’, Boletín Oficial del Estado, 8 April 1938 -- J ‘The Battle of the Ebro’, La Humanitat, 30 July 1938 -- K ‘Disagreements Between the Generalitat and the Republican Government’, La Vanguardia, 1 October 1938 -- L ‘Bidding Farewell to the International Brigades’, La Humanitat, 29 October 1938 -- M ‘The Last Armed Resistance’, editorial published in the PSUC daily newspaper, Treball, 21 January 1939 -- N Franco occupies Catalonia: -- Bibliography -- Index.