A people's history of the Portuguese revolution / Raquel Varela ; edited by Peter Robinson ; translated by Sean Purdy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Varela, Raquel, author.

Contributor:

Robinson, Peter, editor.

Purdy, Sean, translator.

Series:

People's history

People 's History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Portugal--History--Revolution, 1974.

Portugal.

History.

Genre:

Electronic books.

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

London : Pluto Press, 2019.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

A rich history of Portugal's Carnation Revolution, told by its trade unionists, activists, workers and women.

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Photographs, Figures and Tables; Acknowledgements; Editor's note on the English edition; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Seeds of Change; 3. 25 April 1974: 'The People are No Longer Afraid'; 4. Who Governs?; 5. The Anti-Colonial Movements and the Myth of a 'Bloodless Revolution'; 6. Strikes and their Reverberations; 7. Self-Management and the Struggle Against Redundancies; 8. Women in a Democracy are Not Mere Decoration: Social Reproduction and Private Life in the Revolution; 9. Artists and the Revolution; 10. Workers' Commissions and Unions

11. 'Here is the Nursery'

Urban Struggles and Residents' Commissions12. Workers' Control, 11 March and Nationalisations; 13. The Birth of the Welfare State; 14. Scheming for Power; 15. The Land for its Workers: Agrarian Reform; 16. The 'Hot Summer' of 1975 and the Fifth Government's Frail Governance; 17. Spain and other 'Links in the Chain'; 18. The Crisis; 19. Democracy and Revolution: The Meaning of the Carnation Revolution; 20. In Celebration; Chronology; Notes; Bibliography; Index; About the author

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 22, 2019).

"First published by Bertrand Editora as História do Povo na Revolução Portuguesa 1974-75"--Title page verso.

ISBN:

9781786803573

1786803577

1786803585

9781786803580

OCLC:

1083205526

Publisher Number:

10.2307/j.ctvbcd184

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.