Date of Award
Spring 2012
Document Type
Restricted Thesis
Terms of Use
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Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
History Department
First Advisor
Pieter M. Judson
Abstract
Meticulously examining the discourse and fortunes of a small Barcelona Anarchist organization during the first eight months of the Spanish Civil War, Wickham aims to use its local history to inform the larger political history of the Catalonian Anarchist movement. For his analysis of the organization itself, called the School of Militants, Wickham relies exclusively on issues of the Amanecer, the School’s bulletin. In order to place the dramatic changes in the bulletin over the course of the eight months in context, he draws on existing scholarship on the political history of the war. Wickham finds that the Amanecer’s dramatic shifts in tone over time are evidence of the political sophistication and awareness of factional conflict in the Anarchist movement.
Recommended Citation
Wickham, J. Chris , '12, "Amanecer: The Rise and Decline of the School of Militants in Civil War Barcelona, from November 1936-June 1937" (2012). Senior Theses, Projects, and Awards. 557.
https://works.swarthmore.edu/theses/557