Editing Spanish Revolution of 1936 (section)

==== The scope of the revolution ====
The figures are often fuzzy. Various numbers have been proposed. [[Gaston Leval]] says that there were 3 million people who participated. Vernon Richards talks about 1,500,000. Frank Mintz, in a 1970 study, says it was between 2,440,000 and 3,200,000; but by 1977 he had already revised these figures, placing it at a minimum of 1,838,000 collectivists. Its justification is the following:

{{blockquote |''Andalusia''. The minimum number of agricultural communities is 120 and the maximum of 300, taking an average of 210 with 300 people in each, would be 63,000 people.
<br/> ''Aragon.'' The figure of 450 communities with 300,000 inhabitants is acceptable. In addition, the UGT had a certain strength, for example 31 communities in Huesca.
<br/> ''Cantabria.'' The data cited, although minimal, can be noted: a hundred agricultural groups with 13,000 people.
<br/> ''Catalonia.'' The minimum data for agricultural communities is 297 and the maximum is 400. If we take 350 with 200 people on average, we have 70,000. Taking 80% of the 700,000 workers in the province, we have 560,000 people, that is, with their families, a minimum of 1,020,000.
<br/> ''Center.'' CNT agricultural collectives with 23,000 families, that is, a minimum of 67,992 people, approximately, to which must be added the UGT collectives, of at least as much, this is 176,000 in agriculture. There were many industrial collectives in the capitals and in the towns. It seems logical to me to consider a minimum of 30,000 people affected.
<br/> ''Extremadura.'' The figure of 30 groups with an average of 220 people, that is, 6,000 people, should be considered as a maximum for the CNT and the UGT.
<br/> ''Raise.'' Our estimate is at least 503 groups in agriculture, which would affect 130,000 people. In the industry, the minimum and hypothetical figure is 30,000, which as in the case of the Center is reasonable.
<br/> '' Total.'' 758,000 collectivists in agriculture and 1,080,000 in industry. We therefore have 1,838,000, a minimum figure as explained at the beginning. | Frank Mintz. "Self-management in revolutionary Spain". La Piqueta, 1977.{{sfn|Mintz|2013|pp=198–199}}}}