War and Revolution in Catalonia, 1936-1939

Pelai Pagès i Blanch, Ph.D. (1949), University of Barcelona, is Professor of Contemporary History at that university. He is the author of several monographs and articles on the Spanish Civil War, including The War Industry Commision of Catalonia, 1936-1938 (Publicacions de l'Abadia de Montserrat, 2008).

• ForewordIntroduction1. Precursors to War and Revolution in Catalonia2. The Military Uprising and the Failure of the Rebellion3. Political Transformations: the Crisis of the Generalitat and the Formation of the Militia-Committees4. The Formation of the Popular Militias and the Aragon Front5. Public Order and Political Repression in the Rearguard6. The Republican Justice-System: From Popular Tribunals to Special Tribunals7. Social and Economic Transformations8. The War-Economy and the War-Industries9. Forming the Unity-Government and the First Political Disagreements10. The May Events of 193711. The Consequences of the May Events12. The Republican Military-Offensives, Summer 193713. The Negrín Government in Barcelona and the Rupture of the Catalan Front14. The Battle of the Ebro and the Deterioration of Conditions in the Rearguard15. The Occupation of Catalonia and Losing the WarConclusion: The Historical Significance of the Republic’s DefeatAppendix of Documents: A. ‘The Failure of the Military Insurrection in Barcelona’, La Vanguardia, 22 July 1936B. Manuel Moragues, ‘The Formation of the Catalan Central Committee of Antifascist Militias’, La Publicitat, 2 August 1936. C. ‘Popular Militias on the Aragon Front’, Crònica diària, 24 July 1936 D. ‘Public Order in the Catalan Rearguard’, Crònica diària, 24 October 1936E. ‘The Municipalisation of Housing’, La Vanguardia, 19 June 1937 F. The Fatarella Incidents: From the CNT’s Solidaridad Obrera, 26 January 1937From the UGT’s Las noticias, 28 January 1937G. The May 1937 Events. From Crònica diària, 3, 4 and 5 May 1937 H. ‘Repression Against the POUM’, letter from jailed members of the POUM I. Francisco Franco and Ramón Serrano Suñer, ‘The Abolition of the Catalan Autonomy Statute’, Boletín Oficial del Estado, 8 April 1938J. ‘The Battle of the Ebro’, La Humanitat, 30 July 1938 K. ‘Disagreements Between the Generalitat and the Republican Government’, La Vanguardia, 1 October 1938L. ‘Bidding Farewell to the International Brigades’, La Humanitat, 29 October 1938 M. ‘The Last Armed Resistance’, editorial published in the PSUC daily newspaper, Treball, 21 January 1939 N. Franco occupies Catalonia: Fidel Dávila Arroyo, La Vanguardia, 27 January 1939. Elíseo Álvarez Arenas, La Vanguardia, 28 January 1939 BibliographyIndex

"Altogether Pagès i Blanch’s book will be appreciated by scholars and students of the Spanish Civil War alike, especially those with a special interest in the Catalan experience." – Wouter van Dijk, in: Heridtitas Nexus, 2 April 2015"[...] a welcome counterpoise to right-wing historiographical influence that survived Francisco Franco's 1975 death by three decades, [...] Summing up: Recommended,. Upper division undergraduate and above." – J. Daley, in: Choice 51/10 (June 2014)