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Letters from Barcelona

An American Woman in Revolution and Civil War

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Editors:
  1. Gerd-Rainer Horn

    1. Department of History, University of Warwick, UK

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiv
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  2. The Catalan Revolution

    • Gerd-Rainer Horn
    Pages 1-18

  3. Women’s Autobiographies: History and Meaning

    • Gerd-Rainer Horn
    Pages 19-30

  4. The Language of Symbols and the Barriers of Language: Foreigners’ Perceptions of Social Revolution (Barcelona 1936–1937)

    • Gerd-Rainer Horn
    Pages 31-66

  5. Letters from Barcelona (Autumn)

    • Gerd-Rainer Horn
    Pages 67-112

  6. Letters from Barcelona (Winter)

    • Gerd-Rainer Horn
    Pages 113-146

  7. Letters from Barcelona (Spring)

    • Gerd-Rainer Horn
    Pages 147-175

  8. Reminiscences by Charles Orr

    • Gerd-Rainer Horn
    Pages 176-182

  9. In Stalin’s Secret Barcelona Jail

    • Gerd-Rainer Horn
    Pages 183-201

  10. (Auto-)Biographical Notes by Lois Orr

    • Gerd-Rainer Horn
    Pages 202-207

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 208-209
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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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, University of Warwick, UK

    Gerd-Rainer Horn

About the editor

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.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Letters from Barcelona

  • Book Subtitle: An American Woman in Revolution and Civil War

  • Editors: Gerd-Rainer Horn

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230234499

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-52739-3Published: 12 February 2009

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-35812-0Published: 12 February 2009

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-23449-9Published: 12 February 2009

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 209

  • Topics: European History, Modern History, Political History, Political Theory

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