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Spain Tries to Avoid Revolution.

Authors :
Fischer, Louis
Source :
New Republic; 5/20/36, Vol. 87 Issue 1120, p38-40, 3p
Publication Year :
1936

Abstract

Focuses on the social conditions of peasants in Spain. Efforts of Prime Minister Don Manuel Azaña, to improve the conditions of peasants in the country; Support of socialist and communist groups to the government; Need for social reforms in Spain; Standard of living of Spanish peasants; Description of huts in which peasants live; Remnants of feudalism prevalent in Spanish peasantry; Agriculture techniques used in the country; Lack of peasant market in Spain; Features of the Land-Reform Program of Azaña; Role of the program in forcing landowners to rent portions of their estates to yunteros or peasants; Average hectare of land granted to peasants to solve the land problem; Statement that the Program may weaken the Socialist Party and landowning classes.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00286583
Volume :
87
Issue :
1120
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
New Republic
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
15056763