Letters from Barcelona
eBook - PDF

Letters from Barcelona

An American Woman in Revolution and Civil War

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Letters from Barcelona

An American Woman in Revolution and Civil War

About this book

Through the eyes of a young American female radical socialist, living and working in Barcelona during the Catalan Revolution and the Spanish Civil War, the dreams, 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.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Contents
  3. List of Illustrations
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 The Catalan Revolution
  7. 2 Women’s Autobiographies: History and Meaning
  8. 3 The Language of Symbols and the Barriers of Language: Foreigners’ Perceptions of Social Revolution (Barcelona 1936–1937)
  9. 4 Letters from Barcelona (Autumn)
  10. 5 Letters from Barcelona (Winter)
  11. 6 Letters from Barcelona (Spring)
  12. 7 Reminiscences by Charles Orr
  13. 8 In Stalin’s Secret Barcelona Jail
  14. 9 (Auto-)Biographical Notes
  15. Index