As one of Europe's great industrial and revolutionary centres Barcelona has been in need of a detailed social and cultural history, yet there is actually a paucity of detailed research. This book redresses the balance. Focusing on the entire twentieth century, it allows for the emergence of long-term trends, and deals with both classic and newer themes of labour history.
This novel and authoritative work will interest not only those working on Spain, but all scholars and students of comparative history.

Angel Smith is Lecturer in Modern Spanish History at the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, University of Leeds. He has published widely on Catalan and Spanish labour, and on nationalism and national identity in Spain. His books include An Historical Dictionary of Spain (1996), Nationalism and the Nation in the Iberian Peninsula (1996) (co-edited with Clare Mar-Molinero), The Crisis of 1898: Colonial Redistribution and Nationalist Mobilization (1999) (co-edited with Emma Dávila-Cox), and Nationalism, Labour and Ethnicity (1999) (co-edited with Stefan Berger). At present he is completing a history of labour and anarchism in Catalonia between 1898 and 1923.

1. Angel Smith Barcelona through the European Mirror: from Red and Black to Claret and Blue 2. Angel Smith From Subordination to Contestation: the Rise of Labour in Barcelona, 1898-1918 3. Pere Gabriel Red Barcelona in the Europe of War and Revolution, 1914-1930 4. Nick Rider The New City and the Anarchist Movement in the Early 1930s 5. Chris Ealham The Crisis of Organized Labour: the Battle for Hegemony in the Barcelona Workers' Movement, 1930-1936 6. Andrew Durgan The Search for Unity: Marxists and the Trade Union Movement in Barcelona, 1931-1936 7. Antoni Castells Revolution and Collectivizations in Civil War Barcelona, 1936-1939 8. Cristina Borderías Women and Work in Barcelona, 1856-1936 9. Soledad Bengoechea The Barcelona Bourgeoisie, the Labour Movement and the Origins of the Franco Regime 10. Pere Ysàs and Carme Molinero Workers and Dictatorship: Industrial Growth, Social Control and Labour Protest under the Franco Regime, 1939-1976 11. Joan Camós and Clara C. Parramón The Associations' Movement and Popular Mobilizations in L'Hospitalet: from the Anti-Francoist Struggle to Democracy, 1960-1980 12. Faustino Miguélez The Working Class and Labour Movement since the Onset Democracy