Anarchist Immigrants in Spain and Argentina / James A. Baer.

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Preface -- Principal individuals -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Origins of the Spanish anarchist movement in the nineteenth century -- Anarchists and immigration from Spain to Argentina -- Deportations and reverse migration, 1902-1910 -- The CNT and the war years : anarchist rivalries and new leadership -- The FORA and the CNT : transnational anarchist rivalries -- Changing political climates and return migration : Abad de Santillán and the Fai in Spain -- Abad de Santillán and the anarchist revolution in Spain -- Argentine and Spanish anarchists in the Spanish Civil War -- Exile and homecoming -- Appendix a. List of Spanish refugees aboard the Winnipeg -- Appendix b. La protesta : prisoners in or deported from Argentina, 1905-1906.

From 1868 through 1939, anarchists' migrations from Spain to Argentina and back again created a transnational ideology and influenced the movement's growth in each country. James A. Baer follows the lives, careers, and travels of Diego Abad de Santillán, Manuel Villar, and other migrating anarchists to highlight the ideological and interpersonal relationships that defined a vital era in anarchist history. Drawing on extensive interviews with Abad de Santillán, Jose Grunfeld, and Jacobo Maguid, along withunusual access to anarchist records and networks, Baer uncovers the ways anarchist migrants in pursuit of jobs and political goals formed a critical nucleus of militants, binding the two countries in an ideological relationship that profoundly affected the history of both. He also considers the impact of reverse migration and discusses political decisions that had a hitherto unknown influence on the course of the Spanish Civil War. Personal in perspective and transnational in scope, Anarchist Immigrants in Spain and Argentina offers an enlightening history of a movement and an era.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

English.

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