The Barcelona Mass Rent Strike of 1931

Posted on December 29, 2008, filed Under WSA. Comments Off

This is the story of one of the major rent strikes of the 20th century.

Barcelona is the capital of the province of Catalonia in northeastern Spain. In the 1920s Barcelona was the fastest growing city in Europe. Modernization and industrialization were proceeding at a rapid pace. Migrants from nearby regions were flooding into the city to take jobs. The population of Barcelona expanded by 62% during that decade. Adjacent blue-collar suburbs like Hospitalet and Santa Coloma doubled and tripled in population. By the 1930s the province of Catalonia, with about 6 million residents, contained about 70% of the manufacturing capacity of Spain. Barcelona had become Spain’s largest city, with 1.5 million people. Read more

The Barcelona Mass Rent Strike of 1931

Posted on September 2, 2005, filed Under Housing & Urban Issues. Leave a Comment

by Tom Wetzel

This is the story of one of the major rent strikes of the 20th century.

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