The Anarchists of Casas Viejas

"For its intelligence and humanitarian achievements, for its political honesty, for its power and its beauty (there is no other word), this book deserves to be called a masterpiece." --American Ethnologist

Jerome R. Mintz's classic study of the lives of Andalusian campesinos who were swept up by one of the 20th century's pivotal social movements provided a new framework for understanding the tragic events that tilted Spain toward civil war. In a new foreword, James W. Fernandez reflects on the fieldwork that led to the book and its contribution to subsequent developments in the ethnography of Europe and the historiography of modern Spain.

""For its intelligence and humanitarian achievements, for its political honesty, for its power and its beauty (there, is no other word), this book deserves to be called a masterpiece."

For its intelligence and humanitarian achievements, for its political honesty, for its power and its beauty (there is no other word), this book deserves to be called a masterpiece. -- American Ethnologist

Jerome R. Mintz's classic study of the lives of Andalusian campesinos who were swept up by one of the 20th century's pivotal social movements provided a new framework for understanding the tragic events that tilted Spain toward civil war. In a new foreword, James W. Fernandez reflects on the fieldwork that led to the book and its contribution to subsequent developments in the ethnography of Europe and the historiography of modern Spain.

Jerome R. Mintz (1930-1997) was Professor of Anthropology at Indiana University. His books include Carnival Song and Society: Gossip, Sexuality, and Creativity in Andalusia.

James W. Fernandez is Professor Emeritus of Anthropology at the University of Chicago.

Foreword to the new edition by James W. Fernandez

Preface

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Part One

One The Beginning of the Anarchist Sindicato in Casas Viejas, 1914

Two Social Class

Three Campesinos

Four The Church in Casas Viejas

Five The Centro is Organized

Six Free Love

Seven The End of the Workers' Centro

Eight The Death of José Olmo

Part Two

Nine In the Time of the Republic

Ten The Split within Anarchosyndicalism

Eleven The Year 1932

Twelve Insurrection

Thirteen The Uprising at Casas Viejas

Fourteen The Government and the Press

Fifteen Responsibility and Punishment

Part Three

Sixteen Aftermath

Glossary

Selected Bibliography

Index