A people's history of the Portuguese revolution. (2019)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Raquel Varela ; edited by Peter Robinson ; translated by Sean Purdy.
• Authors: Varela, Raquel
• Editors: Robinson, Peter
• Other Names: Purdy, Sean translator.
• 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
• Publisher Details: London : Pluto Press
• Publication Date: 2019
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 946.9044; HISTORY / Europe / Spain & Portugal; Portugal -- History -- Revolution, 1974; Portugal; Electronic books; History; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786803573; 1786803577; 1786803585; 9781786803580
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed February 22, 2019).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.