ABSTRACT
The first chapter of this book outlines the general features and trends in anarchist publishing over the period 1890–1915, providing a contextual foundation for subsequent chapters. The chapter begins by discussing the different forms of anarchist print and the roles they played in the cultural development of the movement. The following discussion gives a sense of the physical qualities of anarchist periodicals, as well as their content, production and distribution. Emphasis is given to the social aspects of print culture and its role of publishing in the political economy of Spanish anarchism, focusing both on the workings of publishing groups and the networks of correspondents and readers sustained by print distribution, whose interactions provided the basis for an informal structure within a growing, decentred radical movement.
