Catalonia Reborn by Chris Bambery and George Kerevan sampler
2017 saw Catalonia come under the world’s spotlight as it again fought for independence and the preservation and protection of its unique Catalan culture. Answering the questions and complications behind the fight for Catalonian Independence, Catalonia Reborn is a detailed guide to the region’s political, historical and cultural issues. For the layman as well as the expert, it takes the reader through the rich history of Catalonia – its language, culture and political background – to the present day, covering defining eras of the region from Franco’s dictatorship to the 2017 independence referendum and elections.
2017 saw Catalonia come under the world’s spotlight as it again fought for independence and the preservation and protection of its unique Catalan culture. Answering the questions and complications behind the fight for Catalonian Independence, Catalonia Reborn is a detailed guide to the region’s political, historical and cultural issues. For the layman as well as the expert, it takes the reader through the rich history of Catalonia – its language, culture and political background – to the present day, covering defining eras of the region from Franco’s dictatorship to the 2017 independence referendum and elections.
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chris bambery was born in Edinburgh. He is a writer, broadcaster, <strong>and</strong><br />
television producer, <strong>and</strong> the public point of contact for the Westminster<br />
All Party Parliamentary Group on <strong>Catalonia</strong>. He edited <strong>and</strong> contributed<br />
to Scotl<strong>and</strong>: Class <strong>and</strong> Nation (1999) <strong>and</strong> is author of A Rebel’s Guide to<br />
Gramsci (2006), The Second World War: A Marxist History (2013), <strong>and</strong> A<br />
People’s History of Scotl<strong>and</strong> (2014).<br />
george kerevan was born in Glasgow. He is the former snp mp for East<br />
Lothian <strong>and</strong> initiated the All Party Parliamentary Group on <strong>Catalonia</strong>. He<br />
was an accredited international observer during the October 2017 Catalan<br />
referendum. He was also a senior lecturer in economics at Napier University<br />
in Edinburgh <strong>and</strong> served nine years as associate editor of The Scotsman,<br />
where he was chief leader writer. He is a documentary film maker <strong>and</strong> was<br />
executive producer of Fog of Srebrenica which won the Special Jury Prize at<br />
the 2015 Amsterdam International Documentary Film Festival. He is co-author<br />
of Tackling Timorous Economics (2017).
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