... to their previous history. The working class movement rose in notoriety during the first three decades of the 20th Century due to the lower classes lack of inclusion into either Nationalist movement, thus wanting total reform for the country - in order for the redistribution of power throughout all the territories. Catalan Nationalism arose to prominence between the years of 1828 and 1923. Catalonia, to an extent had its own nationalism, for quite some time, prior to rise of Spanish Nationalism. Catalonia had a culture, language and economy that was centuries old. Spain on the other hand, had the aid of the lawyer, Alejandro Lerroux - who was in fact a republican leader, who was later to set himself apart for his anti - Catalan opinions. He stated on the 31st March 1904 in La Publicidad that the Catalans were 'a people that has its own history, language, literature ...

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