Chris Ealham lectures on contemporary Spanish history in the School of European Studies, Cardiff University. He is co-editor of The Splintering of Spain: Historical Perspectives on the Spanish Civil War. His work focuses on labour and social protest in Spain, and he is currently working on a history of urban conflict in 1930s Spain.

• 1. The Making of a Divided City  2. Mapping the Working Class City  3. The Birth of the Republican City  4. The Proletarian City and the Second Republic  5. 'The Struggle to Survive': Unemployed Self-Help and Direct Action during the Republic  6. 'Militarised Anarchism', 1932-6  7. Cultural Battles: Class and Criminality  8. An 'Apolitical' Revolution: Anarchism, Revolution and Civil War

'A plethora of books have appeared over the years on the nature and roots of anarchism in Spain ... Chris Ealham's fascinating new book is one of the most original and important ... It deserves a far wider audience than just academia.' - International Socialism