The “Negrinismo” Evolution in the Republican Exile in Mexico

Authors

  • Jorge de Hoyos Puente Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18042/hp.36.13

Keywords:

Exile, republican, Negrín, negrinismo, Mexico

Abstract

This paper analyses the organization and the evolution of the so called “negrinismo” in the Spanish Republican exile in Mexico. After the 1939 Republican defeat, the leading figure of Juan Negrin was seen as an example and a hope by a quiet an important sector of the defeated ones coming from all the political spectrum. Juan Negrin supporters assembled a cross-wise political network related to his leading figure and to the Republican legality defence. Exiled from the Socialist and other political parties took part in this network. This paper focus on this group main contributions in the Mexican exile and it also analyses the group composition, as well as the controversy created between the group and its leader, Juan Negrin, regarding the political strategy and the relationship with other exiled groups.

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Author Biography

Jorge de Hoyos Puente , Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia

Licenciado y doctor por la Universidad de Cantabria, en la actualidad es Investigador Juan de la Cierva en el Departamento de Historia Contemporánea de la UNED y Secretario General del Centro de Estudios de Migraciones y Exilios de la UNED. Ha sido Visiting Scholar en la Universidad de Columbia (EEUU) e Investigador Visitante en El Colegio de México. Líneas de investigación: historia cultural y política del exilio republicano de 1939. Autor del libro: La utopía del regreso. Proyectos de Estado y sueños de nación en el exilio republicano en México. México, El Colegio de México, 2012.

Published

2016-12-02

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