Democracy, Deeds & Dilemmas

During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) the British public raised an estimated one to two million pounds for Republican Spain, mostly through small individual donations at a time when large parts of Britain were experiencing severe economic depression. Democracy, Deeds and Dilemmas provides a fresh perspective on what is a well-trodden area of scholarship. It places British humanitarian responses to Spain within the context of Britain’s flourishing civic and popular political culture. 

Emily Mason explores engagement with ‘Spain’ through three foci: the peace movement, the co-operative movement, and British Christians-groups that were at the heart of the humanitarian response. The book explores how the Republican cause resonated with notions of British identity and with the crises that different groups perceived to be threatening their world order. Published in conjunction with the Cañada Blanch Centre. 

In timpul razboiului civil spaniol (1936-1939), publicul britanic a strans aproximativ 1 pana la doua milioane de lire sterline pentru Spania republicana, in principal prin mici donatii individuale intr-un moment in care parti mari din Marea Britanie se confruntau cu o depresie economica severa. Democratia, faptele si dilemele ofera o perspectiva proaspata asupra a ceea ce este o zona bine calcata de studii.