'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
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