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Wales and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39 : The Dragon's Dearest Cause by Robert Stradling (2004, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherGwasg Prifysgol Cymru / University of Wales Press
ISBN-100708318169
ISBN-139780708318164
eBay Product ID (ePID)30215290
Product Key Features
Number of Pages244 Pages
Publication NameWales and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39 : the Dragon's Dearest Cause
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2004
SubjectEurope / Spain & Portugal, Europe / General
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaHistory
AuthorRobert Stradling
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight14.1 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2005-434578
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsAlthough many nations were involved in the Spanish Civil War, for Wales it remains an epic saga of persistent resonance in Welsh culture. Wales and the Spanish Civil War analyses the Welsh people's ideological, political and cultural experience of the Spanish Civil War, dealing with not only the war years themselves but also the background and aftermath. Robert Stradling examines the ways in which the meanings of the Spanish Civil War were constructed by Welsh contemporaries and by subsequent generations, as well as offering a critical exploration of the myths surrounding histories of Welsh volunteer participation. It seeks to re-evaluate some of the accepted truths of the supposed relationship between Wales and Republican Spain and questions the received notion that this relationship was unambiguous and motivated primarily by feelings of working class solidarity.A large proportion of the book is devoted to the volunteers of the Welsh International Brigades, using recently discovered memoirs, diaries and archival material in addition to existing secondary material in a variety of media, from literary fiction, poetry and newspapers, to theatre productions, popular song, commemorative exhibitions and ceremonies. Wales and the Spanish Civil War will be essential reading for anyone interested in not only the history of the 1930s, but also Welsh culture, identity and politics in the twentieth century."Stradling's entertainingly-written book, based on painstaking research into archival and oral sources as well as newspapers, memoirs and secondary works, is likely to prove definitive in its field. It needs to be read by anyone interested in the International Brigades or the Communist Party of Great Britain as well as twentieth-century Wales."R.A.H. Robinson, University of Birmingham
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal946.081/3429
SynopsisAstudiaeth drylwyr wedi ei seilio ar atgofion a dyddiaduron, papurau newydd a deunydd archifol, ffuglen a barddoniaeth, yn cofnodi'r rhan a chwaraeodd pobl Cymru yn Rhyfel Cartref Sbaen, 1936-39, ac o ddylanwad y rhyfel ar feddyliau'r Cymry. 9 llun du- a-gwyn., A study of the Welsh people's experience - ideological, political and cultural - of the Spanish Civil War, dealing not only with the war years (1936-39), but also the background and aftermath. It makes significant use of archival material and the testimony of International Brigade volunteers., A thorough study based on memoirs and diaries, newspapers and archival material, fiction and poetry, recording the part the people of Wales played in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-39, and the effect of the war on the Welsh. 9 black-and-white illustrations.
LC Classification NumberDP269.47.W4
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