Brenan, Gerald, 1894-1987

The Spanish labyrinth : an account of the social and political background of the Civil War / by Gerald Brenan. - New York : Macmillan Publishers, 1943. - xviii, 384 p. : maps ; 22 cm.

Foreword Sir Raymond Carr; Preface to the second edition; Preface to the first edition; Chronological table; Political divisions; Part I. The Ancien Regime, 1874-1931: 1. The Restoration, 1884-98; 2. The parliamentary regime and the Catalan question, 1898-1909; 3. The Liberals and the Church; 4. The army and the syndicalist struggle in Barcelona, 1916-23; 5. The dictatorship; Part II. The Condition of the Working Classes: 6. The agrarian question; 7. The anarchists; 8. The anarcho-syndicalists; 9. The Carlists; 10. The Socialists; Part III. The Republic: 11. The constituent Cortes; 12. The Bienio Negro; 13. The Popular Front; 14. Epilogue: the Civil War; Three sketch maps; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.


Spain--Politics and government--1886-1931


Spain--History--Civil War, 1936-1939--Causes