Armies of the Poor: Determinants of Working-class Participation in in the Parisian Insurrection of June 1848 - Softcover

Traugott, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0765806908 ISBN 13: 9780765806901

Publisher: Transaction Publishers, 2001

Synopsis

Armies of the Poor In June 1848, two irregular armies of the urban poor fought a four-day battle in the streets of Paris that decided the fate of the French Second Republic. The Parisian National Workshops and the Parisian Mobile Guard-organizations newly created at the time of the February Revolution-provided the bulk of the June combatants associated with the insurrection and repression, respectively. According to... Full description

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About the Author:

Mark Traugott was trained as a sociologist, and has specialized in social and political movements. His interest in the revolutionism of the early industrial era led him to focus on the study of nineteenth-century French history. He is professor of history and sociology at the University of California at Santa Cruz.

Synopsis:

An inquiry contradicts Marx's contention that the 1848 June Insurrection led to the defeat of the proletariat by the agents of the bourgeoisie. The Mobile Guard and National Workshops show that individuals' participation in these institutions of the Second Republic helped determine their loyalties.

About this edition

• Publisher: Transaction Publishers
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0765806908
• ISBN 13: 9780765806901
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 338