Scott Soo is Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Southampton

‘The quality of the historical research behind this publication is excellent. The narrative and arguments of the book are supported by detailed multi-archival research, interviews conducted during the 2000s, and a solid theoretical basis. […] Soo’s book can be praised for providing a highly readable and updated account in English on the history of Spanish republican exiles in France. Learning about the intricacies of the historical relationship between refugees and the modern nation-state is enlightening and—taking into account pressing concerns.’Ángel Alcalde, Independent Scholar, American Historical Review

• Introduction: Coming to terms with the Spanish republican exile in FrancePart I: The onset of exile1. Unravelling rights and identities: the exodus of 19392. Reception, internment and repatriation, 1939–403. Organisations, networks and identities, 1939–40Part II: Working in from the margins4. Ambiguities at work: refugees and the French war economy, 1939–405. Work, surveillance, refusal and revolt in Vichy and German-Occupied France, 1940–44Part III: Aspirations of return, commemoration and home6. Mobilisation, commemoration and return, 1944–557. Moving memories, 1970–2009Conclusion: Trajectories and legaciesAppendix 1Index

Scott Soo is Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Southampton

‘The quality of the historical research behind this publication is excellent. The narrative and arguments of the book are supported by detailed multi-archival research, interviews conducted during the 2000s, and a solid theoretical basis. […] Soo’s book can be praised for providing a highly readable and updated account in English on the history of Spanish republican exiles in France. Learning about the intricacies of the historical relationship between refugees and the modern nation-state is enlightening and—taking into account pressing concerns.’Ángel Alcalde, Independent Scholar, American Historical Review

• Introduction: Coming to terms with the Spanish republican exile in FrancePart I: The onset of exile1. Unravelling rights and identities: the exodus of 19392. Reception, internment and repatriation, 1939–403. Organisations, networks and identities, 1939–40Part II: Working in from the margins4. Ambiguities at work: refugees and the French war economy, 1939–405. Work, surveillance, refusal and revolt in Vichy and German-Occupied France, 1940–44Part III: Aspirations of return, commemoration and home6. Mobilisation, commemoration and return, 1944–557. Moving memories, 1970–2009Conclusion: Trajectories and legaciesAppendix 1Index