Comparing Spanish and Russian movements, Emma Goldman identified organisation as the key to anarchist success in Spain. James Yeoman's meticulous, sophisticated study of print culture in the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century reveals that the anarchist press was the linchpin, essential to subsequent rise of the CNT. Exploring anarchism from the bottom up, he introduces a concept of translocal communication to illuminate Spanish anarchism and reflect on the enduring lessons for grassroots activism.
-- Ruth Kinna, author of The Government of No One
"A fascinating book, which interweaves the political, social, cultural and intellectual history of the Spanish anarchist movement--since, as Yeoman shows, print culture was integral to all these dimensions. This is an extensively researched and engagingly written study, which will satisfy newcomers to anarchism and existing experts."
-- Constance Bantman, author of Jean Grave and the Networks of French Anarchism, 1854-1939
"This rich history takes seriously the complexity and creativity of Spanish anarchism and, in the process, addresses the question of Spanish 'exceptionalism' in a totally new way. It sheds important light on the relationship of early twentieth-century Spanish anarcho-syndicalism to other movements at the time and also suggests ways it prefigured what are usually seen as the innovations of grassroots movements of our own time. A terrific and highly readable study."
-- Martha Ackelsberg, author of Free Women of Spain
"James Yeoman's study is not only a brilliant work on the formation of Spanish anarchism and anarchist print culture between 1890 and 1915, but an enlightening page-turner and a must-read for all people interested in the history of anarchism and the latter's impact on modern history."
-- Frank Jacob, professor at Nord Universitet, Norway
Introduction
1. With Words, with Writings and with Deeds: Anarchist Print Culture, 1890-1915
2. More Workers' Blood!: Anarchism and Violence, 1890-189
3. The Cult of Reason: Anarchism and Education, 1899-1906
4. Our Love of Organisation: Anarchism and Syndicalism, 1907-1915
Conclusion
