Letters from Barcelona

1. Front Matter

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2. The Catalan Revolution

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   Pages 1-18

3. Women’s Autobiographies: History and Meaning

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   Pages 19-30

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

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   Pages 31-66

5. Letters from Barcelona (Autumn)

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   Pages 67-112

6. Letters from Barcelona (Winter)

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   Pages 113-146

7. Letters from Barcelona (Spring)

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   Pages 147-175

8. Reminiscences by Charles Orr

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   Pages 176-182

9. In Stalin’s Secret Barcelona Jail

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   Pages 183-201

10. (Auto-)Biographical Notes by Lois Orr

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    Pages 202-207

11. Back Matter

    Pages 208-209

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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.

• civil war
• dictatorship
• Europe
• history
• politics
• revolution
• socialism

• Department of History, University of Warwick, UK

  Gerd-Rainer Horn

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.

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