Letters from Barcelona: An American Woman in Revolution and Civil War

by G. Horn (Editor)

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780230527393
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan UK
Publication date:	02/12/2009
Edition description:	2009
Pages:	209
Product dimensions:	5.60(w) x 8.60(h) x 2.30(d)

About the Author

GERD-RAINER HORN is Senior Lecturer at the University of Warwick, UK, and has taught at various institutions in the United States, Great Britain and Germany. His most recent publications include The Spirit of '68: Rebellion in Western Europe and North America and Western European Liberation Theology: the First Wave, 1924-1959.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgements Introduction The Catalan Revolution Women's Autobiographies: History and Meaning The Language of Symbols and the Barriers of Language: Foreigners' 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 Stalin's Secret Barcelona Jail (Auto-)Biographical Notes (Lois Orr)