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Author Thomas, Hugh, 1931-

Title Eduardo Barreiros and the recovery of Spain [electronic resource] / Hugh Thomas.

Imprint New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.

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Description xv, 391 p., [29] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 367-372) and index.
Contents The peasants do the real work -- The Rodriguezes of Gundias -- The Barreiroses of Sabadelle -- "bGuagua, guagua!" -- Give to him who asks -- A clear, bright town -- The Spanish catastrophe -- People lived for politics -- There came forth from the soil armed men -- Red beret -- This cruel struggle -- Establishing a national syndicalist system -- The rich girl of the village -- Marching alone -- Transform your car to diesel -- Good-bye rivers, good-bye fountains, good-bye little streams -- A good source of income -- "Madrid! Madrid!" -- The vehicle of progress -- Onward, Barreiros! -- My boyfriend works in Barreiros -- The factory of happiness -- We worked with optimism -- Your call persuaded me -- We beseech you to refuse a licence -- Boys always run after motor cars -- A university of work -- The new gods from the west -- Disagreement with the Americans -- Very sad for us -- A combination of adversities -- We never thought that we would reach this moment -- A place in La Mancha -- Life has dealt me a bad hand -- Don Eduardo in the land of comrades -- Villaverde revisited -- I am a Barreiros product.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Barreiros, Eduardo, 1919-1992.
Barreiros Diesel -- History.
Motor vehicle industry -- Spain -- History -- 20th century.
Industrialists -- Spain -- Biography.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780300121094 (cloth : alk. paper)
0300121091 (cloth : alk. paper)

 
    
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