Letters from Barcelona: an american woman in Revolution and Civil War

Through the eyes of a young American female radical socialist, living and working in Barcelona during the Catalan Revolution and the Spanish Civil War, thedreams, the nightmares and the realities of European politics in the age of dictatorship are fully brought to life. An autobiographical commentary written on the eve of World War Two. INDICE: List of Illustrations - Acknowledgements - Introduction - The Catalan Revolution - Womenb s Autobiographies: History and Meaning - The Language of Symbols and the Barriers of Language: Foreignersb Perceptions of Social Revolution (Barcelona 1936-1937) - Letters From Barcelona (Autumn) (Lois Orr) - Letters From Barcelona (Winter) (Lois Orr) - Letters From Barcelona (Spring) (Lois Orr) - Reminiscences (Charles Orr) - In Stalinb s Secret Barcelona Jail - (Auto-)Biographical Notes (Lois Orr)

• ISBN: 978-0-230-52739-3
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 224
• Fecha Publicación: 13/02/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés