Lissagaray Prosper - Olivier
Lissagaray Prosper - Olivier - The History Of The Paris Commune Of 1871 - Paperback
Lissagaray Prosper - Olivier - The History Of The Paris Commune Of 1871 - Paperback
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Description: The classic history of the Paris Commune In 1871, the working class of Paris incensed by their lack of political power and tired of beingexploited seized control of the capital. This book is the outstanding history of the Commune theheroic battles fought in its defence and the bloody massacre that ended the uprising. Its author Lissagaray was a young journalist who not only saw the events recounted here first - hand butfought for the Commune on the barricades. He spent the next twenty - five years researching andwriting this history which refutes the slanders levelled at the Communards by the ruling classesand is a vivid and valuable study in urban political revolution one that retains its power to inspireto this day. This revised edition includes a foreword by the writer and publisher Eric Hazan.
Title: The History Of The Paris Commune Of 1871
Author(s): Lissagaray Prosper - Olivier
Publisher: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781844677764
Pages: 464 Pages
Publication Date: 8/21/2012
Series: Verso World History
Category: Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900
Description: The classic history of the Paris Commune In 1871, the working class of Paris incensed by their lack of political power and tired of beingexploited seized control of the capital. This book is the outstanding history of the Commune theheroic battles fought in its defence and the bloody massacre that ended the uprising. Its author Lissagaray was a young journalist who not only saw the events recounted here first - hand butfought for the Commune on the barricades. He spent the next twenty - five years researching andwriting this history which refutes the slanders levelled at the Communards by the ruling classesand is a vivid and valuable study in urban political revolution one that retains its power to inspireto this day. This revised edition includes a foreword by the writer and publisher Eric Hazan.
Title: The History Of The Paris Commune Of 1871
Author(s): Lissagaray Prosper - Olivier
Publisher: Verso Books
Barcode: 9781844677764
Pages: 464 Pages
Publication Date: 8/21/2012
Series: Verso World History
Category: Modern History To 20th Century: C 1700 To C 1900
