Agrarian Collectives during the Spanish Revolution and Civil War
Michael Seidman — Agrarian Collectives during the Spanish Revolution and Civil War (2000)Michael Seidman · 2000 · Article · Introduction and ConclusionDisputedSource attached · not independently reviewedCLM-0159 · as of 2026-10-23 · about: Revolutionary Catalonia and the Aragon collectives (1936-1939) · Author: Polity Atlas editorial team
“Historians differ over how voluntary and productive the rural collectives were: Seidman finds participation was part spontaneous and part coerced and that internal divisions compounded war and political hostility; Balcells cautions that propagandists on both sides distorted the record.”
Context. Anarchist accounts stressed success and voluntarism; Communist and Republican accounts stressed coercion and inefficiency.
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Context
Collectivisations in Catalonia and the Region of Valencia during the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939
The Spanish Civil War: Revolution and Counterrevolution
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