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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
Edition English language edition
Published London : Pluto Press, 2019
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 334 pages) : illustrations
Series People's history
People's history (Pluto Press)
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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes "First published by Bertrand Editora as História do Povo na Revolução Portuguesa 1974-75"--Title page verso
Translated from the Portuguese
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 22, 2019)
Subject HISTORY -- Europe -- Spain & Portugal.
SUBJECT Portugal -- History -- Revolution, 1974. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85105294
Subject Portugal
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
Author Robinson, Peter Forbes, editor
Purdy, Sean, translator.
ISBN 9781786803573
1786803577
1786803585
9781786803580
Other Titles História do povo na Revolução Portuguesa 1974-75. English