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Author Varela, Raquel, author.

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

Publication Info. London : Pluto Press, 2019.

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series People 's History
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Note "First published by Bertrand Editora as História do Povo na Revolução Portuguesa 1974-75"--Title page verso.
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
Summary A rich history of Portugal's Carnation Revolution, told by its trade unionists, activists, workers and women.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Portugal -- History -- Revolution, 1974.
Revolution (Portugal : 1974)
Chronological Term 1974
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Robinson, Peter, editor.
Purdy, Sean, translator.
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