The Routes to Exile

France and the Spanish Civil War Refugees, 1939–2009

Scott Soo, Maire Cross, David Hopkin

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Manchester University Press
03 January 2017

European history; Spanish Civil War; Refugees & political asylum

Series: Studies in Modern French and Francophone History

As they trudged over the Pyrenees, the Spanish republicans became one of the most iconoclastic groups of refugees to have sought refuge in twentieth-century France. This book explores the array of opportunities, constraints, choices and motivations that characterised their lives. Using a wide range of empirical material, it presents a compelling case for rethinking exile in relation to refugees' lived experiences and memory activities. The major historical events of the period are covered: the development of refugees' rights and the 'concentration' camps of the Third Republic, the para-military labour formations of the Second World War, the dynamics shaping resistance activities, and the role of memory in the campaign to return to Spain. This study additionally analyses how these experiences have shaped homes and France's memorial landscape, thereby offering an unparalleled exploration of the long-term effects of exile from the mass exodus of 1939 through to the seventieth-anniversary commemorations in 2009. -- .

By: Scott Soo
Series edited by: Maire Cross, David Hopkin
Imprint: Manchester University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm, Spine: 16mm
Weight: 358g
ISBN: 9781526106841
ISBN 10: 1526106841
Series: Studies in Modern French and Francophone History
Pages: 304
Publication Date: 03 January 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: Coming to terms with the Spanish republican exile in France Part I: The onset of exile 1. Unravelling rights and identities: the exodus of 1939 2. Reception, internment and repatriation, 1939–40 3. Organisations, networks and identities, 1939–40 Part II: Working in from the margins 4. Ambiguities at work: refugees and the French war economy, 1939–40 5. Work, surveillance, refusal and revolt in Vichy and German-Occupied France, 1940–44 Part III: Aspirations of return, commemoration and home 6. Mobilisation, commemoration and return, 1944–55 7. Moving memories, 1970–2009 Conclusion: Trajectories and legacies Appendix 1 Index -- .

Scott Soo is Lecturer in French Studies at the University of Southampton -- .

Reviews for The Routes to Exile: France and the Spanish Civil War Refugees, 1939–2009

'The quality of the historical research behind this publication is excellent. The narrative and arguments of the book are supported by detailed multi-archival research, interviews conducted during the 2000s, and a solid theoretical basis. [.] Soo's book can be praised for providing a highly readable and updated account in English on the history of Spanish republican exiles in France. Learning about the intricacies of the historical relationship between refugees and the modern nation-state is enlightening and-taking into account pressing concerns.' Angel Alcalde, Independent Scholar, American Historical Review -- .