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.The Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 (Essential Histories)

by: Frances Lannon

October 16, 2002
This book is an excellent introduction to this complicated culture war in which the defenders of property, religion and tradition took up arms against a Republican government committed to social reform, devolution and secularisation.

In the early 1930s the Republican government had begun with modest reforms aimed at improving the lot of the country's poor. However, even as early as 1931, the Constituent Assembly approved an amended draft that, while creating a democratic, secular system, also introduced measures which many Spanish people thought an irreligious assault on Spanish tradition. It legalised divorce, permitted the state to expropriate private property for reasons of broader social utility, introduced free, obligatory, ... Read More:
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