1st Edition
The Egalitarian Dream in Revolutionary Catalonia Land, Collectivisation, and Conflict During the Spanish Civil War
Introduction
1. Revolution, Reform, and Reaction Before the Outbreak of the Spanish Civil War
2. The Formation of the Agrarian Collectives in Their Revolutionary Context
3. Life in the Catalan Collectives
4. Political Responses to Agrarian Collectivisation in Catalonia: July 1936–January 1937
5. Violence and Political Conflict in Rural Catalonia: July 1936–May 1937
6. Dismantling the Revolution in the Countryside: May–December 1937
7. The Catalan Countryside in the Context of Military Defeat
Conclusion
Biography
Seán Danny Quinn is a history teacher from London. He completed his PhD as a part-time student at the LSE in 2024 under the supervision of Paul Preston. This is his first academic publication.
“The most important work on the collectivisation movement published in recent years. It represents a significant addition to our understanding of the Spanish Civil War.”
Angel Smith, University of Leeds, UK
“An original and incisive contribution to our historical understanding of one of the most important revolutionary experiments in the twentieth century.”
Chris Ealham, Saint Louis University—Madrid, Spain
"It is rare to find a truly original and insightful work on what is often an over-hyped subject. Yet Seán Quinn has managed to produce a book based on painstaking research that is compellingly readable. It has empathy with the protagonists without losing awareness of the darker shadows of the revolutionary movement that played a key role in the Spanish Civil War."
Paul Preston, London School of Economics, UK
