Ghosts of Passion

""Ghosts of Passion" is an important contribution to the historiography of the Spanish Civil War. In this convincing work of revisionist scholarship, Brian D. Bunk aligns himself with those who do memory studies and with a newer crop of Hispanists who see cultural forces as being just as important--if not more important--than economic or political forces in sparking the Civil War."--Sandie Holguin, author of "Creating Spaniards: Culture and National Identity in Republican Spain"

Brian D. Bunk

"In this clear and accessible book, Brian D. Bunk complicates the historiography on the origins of the Civil War by injecting a cultural perspective and developing the still-nascent study of historical memory in Spanish history. He successfully links a single case study of memory (of the October 1934 Revolution) to larger interpretive debates that transcend the particular topic."--Pamela Radcliff, author of From Mobilization to Civil War: The Politics of Polarization in the Spanish City of Gijon, 1900-1937 "Ghosts of Passion is an important contribution to the historiography of the Spanish Civil War. In this convincing work of revisionist scholarship, Brian D. Bunk aligns himself with those who do memory studies and with a newer crop of Hispanists who see cultural forces as being just as important--if not more important--than economic or political forces in sparking the Civil War."-- Sandie Holguin, author of Creating Spaniards: Culture and National Identity in Republican Spain