Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Sharkey, Paul.
2. Ealham, Chris

Description

1. 327 p.; 21 cm.

Summary

1. "Frank Mintz's classic study of collectivisation and economic experimentation during the Spanish revolution is available here for the first time in English. This is the chronicle of the anarcho-syndicalists of Spain, who--with and without the help of their own organizations--fought and built a new world alongside everyday labourers in the chaos of revolution and Franco's fascist coup. Participants in rural and industrial collectives totaled over 1,800,000--within an overall population of 6,000,000 in Republican Spain. Their experience as the backbone of revolution resonates still in today's global anticapitalist movements. Sixteen appendices reinforce Mintz's analysis and insight, offering case studies of collectivization in particular regions and towns, economic experiments, and the role Marxist totalitarianism and Francoist fascism played leading up to and after the revolution. Frank Mintz's book was originally published in 1970 in France and, along with titles like Noam Chomsky's Objectivity and Liberal Scholarship, began to chip away at what Chris Ealham describes as the "conspiracy of silence" built up around the anarchists' achievements during the revolution. Historical narratives of the twentieth century--whether fascist, communist, or liberal--systematically excluded the Spanish anarchists. Today we can add Anarchism and Workers' Self-Management in Revolutionary Spain to the English-language canon--that includes works by Abel Paz, Stuart Christie, Agustín Guillamón, Martha Ackelsberg, Chris Ealham, and José Peirats--that break the silence forever."--Publisher's website.

Uniform title

1. Autogestión y anarcosindicalismo en la España revolucionaria. English

Alternative title

1. Autogestión y anarcosindicalismo en la España revolucionaria.

Subject

1. Anarchists > Spain
2. Management > Employee participation > Spain
3. Syndicalism > Spain > History
4. Working class > Spain
5. Confederación Nacional del Trabajo (Spain)
6. Anarchism > Spain > History > 20th century

Contents

1. Introduction: Self-management and anarcho-syndicalism -- Introducing the anarcho-syndicalist movement, the CNT -- Catalonia as a model: Self-management arrives in Barcelona; the first contradictions -- A brief survey of self-management in other regions of Spain -- Organizing self-management across the nation -- Self-management under attach -- Self-management's outcomes: overall conclusions and estimates -- Conclusions about self-management in 1936-1939, and broad reflections.

Call number

1. JFD 13-1325

Note

1. Prologue (p. 1-8) by Chris Ealham.

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Author

1. Mintz, Frank.

Title

1. Anarchism and workers' self-management in revolutionary Spain / Frank Mintz ; translated by Paul Sharkey.

Imprint

1. Oakland, CA : AK Press, c2013.

Type of content

1. text

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. volume

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Added author

1. Sharkey, Paul.
2. Ealham, Chris, writer of added text.

LCCN

1. 2011936251

ISBN

1. 9781849350785
2. 1849350787

Research call number

1. JFD 13-1325