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In 1871, the working class of Paris, incensed by their lack of political power and tired of being exploited, 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, but fought for the Commune on the barricades. He spent the next twenty-five years researching and writing this history, which refutes the slanders levelled at the Communards by the ruling classes and is a vivid and valuable study in urban political revolution, one that retains its power to inspire to this day.

This revised edition, translated by Eleanor Marx, includes a foreword by the writer and publisher Eric Hazan.

The History of the Paris Commune of 1871

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    Publisher: Verso Books
    Publication Date: 21/08/2012
    ISBN13: 9781844677764, 978-1844677764
    ISBN10: 1844677761

    Number of Pages: 464

    Non Fiction , History

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    In 1871, the working class of Paris, incensed by their lack of political power and tired of being exploited, 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, but fought for the Commune on the barricades. He spent the next twenty-five years researching and writing this history, which refutes the slanders levelled at the Communards by the ruling classes and is a vivid and valuable study in urban political revolution, one that retains its power to inspire to this day.

    This revised edition, translated by Eleanor Marx, includes a foreword by the writer and publisher Eric Hazan.

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