José A. Piqueras is Professor of History at University Jaume I (Castellón-Spain) and has published widely on the development of civil societies, social movements and political culture in the 19th and 20th centuries. From 1988 has been the Editor of Historia Social.

“A collection of this sort is long overdue…This volume, edited by labour historians from two different generations, provides English-speaking readers with a sampler of the work in the field over the last two decades.” • Labour/Le Travail

• Introduction: Traditional History and the New Social History of Labour in SpainJosé A. Piqueras and Vicent Sanz RozalénChapter 1. The Formation of the Working Class: A Cultural CreationManuel Pérez LedesmaChapter 2. Women in the Workplace in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century Spain: Methodological ConsiderationsPilar Pérez FuentesChapter 3. The ‘Hardest, Most Unpleasant’ Profession: The Work of Laundresses in Eighteenth-, Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century SpainCarmen SarasúaChapter 4. The Toccata and Fugue of the Urban Factory: Working-Class Conflicts and Work Discipline in Valencia, 1840–1880Francesc A. Martínez GallegoChapter 5. Craft Work, Industry and Radical Culture in the Age of the First InternationalJosé A. PiquerasChapter 6. ‘Resistance, Resistance, Resistance!’ Skills and Disputes in the Castellón Espadrille Industry at the End of the Nineteenth CenturyVicent Sanz RozalénChapter 7. Traditional Popular Culture and Industrial Work Discipline: Asturias, 1880–1914Jorge UríaChapter 8. ‘Rough Characters’: Miners, Alcohol and Violence in Linares at the End of the Nineteenth CenturyJosé Sierra ÁlvarezChapter 9. Disputes, Protest and Forms of Resistance in Rural Areas: Huesca, 1880–1914 CarmenFrías CorredorChapter 10. The Standard of Living of Miners in Biscaye, 1876–1936Antonio EscuderoChapter 11. Republicans, Socialists and Anarchists: What Revolution Was That?Javier PaniaguaChapter 12. The Civil War – A Class Struggle? The Difficult Task of Reconstructing the PastJulián CasanovaChapter 13. Subordination, Supplies and Mortality: The Montaña catalana, 1939–1945Joan SerrallongaChapter 14. A Fundamental Instrument for Labour-Force Control? Reflections on the Vertical Trade Union Organisation of the Franco RegimeJosé BabianoNotes on ContributorsIndex