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The Anarchists of Casas Viejas
Jerome R. Mintz
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Paperback. Examines the lives of Andalusian campesinos, rural workers and peasants, who were swept up by one of the 20th century's pivotal social movements. Num Pages: 360 pages, 28 b&w photos, 1 figures, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; HBJD; HBLW; JPFB; JWKW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
"For its intelligence and humanitarian achievements, for its political honesty, for its power and its beauty (there is no other word), this book deserves to be called a masterpiece." —American Ethnologist
Jerome R. Mintz's classic study of the lives of Andalusian campesinos who were swept up by one of the 20th century's pivotal social movements provided a new framework for understanding the tragic events that tilted Spain toward civil war. In a new foreword, James W. Fernandez reflects on the fieldwork that led to the book and its contribution to subsequent developments in the ethnography of Europe and the historiography of ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Bloomington, IN, United States
ISBN
9780253216588
SKU
V9780253216588
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About Jerome R. Mintz
Jerome R. Mintz (1930–1997) was Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University. His books include Carnival Song and Society: Gossip, Sexuality, and Creativity in Andalusia. James W. Fernandez is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Chicago.
Reviews for The Anarchists of Casas Viejas
" ... It is no exaggeration to qualify this work as a significant new contribution to the historiography of Spanish anarchism and also to the social history of the Andalusian peasantry. A more effective prosecution of oral history is rarely to be found." Stanley G. Payne, Journal of Modern History " ... a brilliant and moving combination of conventional research ... Read more