Research Catalog

Title

Massacre : the life and death of the Paris Commune of 1871 / John Merriman.

Author

Merriman, John M.

Publication

New Haven : Yale University, [2014]

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Details

Description

x, 324 pages, 8 unnumered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 25 cm

Summary

One of the most dramatic chapters in the history of nineteenth-century Europe, the Commune of 1871 was an eclectic revolutionary experiment that held power in Paris across eight weeks between 18 March and 28 May. Its brief rule ended in 'Bloody Week' - the brutal massacre of as many as 15,000 Parisians, and perhaps even more, who perished at the hands of the provisional government's forces. By then, the city's boulevards had been torched and its monuments toppled. More than 40,000 Parisians were investigated, imprisoned or forced into exile - a purging of Parisian society by a conservative national government whose supporters were considerably more horrified by a pile of rubble than the many deaths of the resisters. In this gripping narrative, John Merriman explores the radical and revolutionary roots of the Commune, painting vivid portraits of the Communards - the ordinary workers, famous artists and extraordinary fire-starting women - and their daily lives behind the barricades, and examining the ramifications of the Commune on the role of the state and sovereignty in France and modern Europe. Enthralling, evocative and deeply moving, this narrative account offers a full picture of a defining moment in the evolution of state terror and popular resistance

Alternative Title

Life and death of the Paris Commune of 1871

Subject

• Paris (France) > History > Commune, 1871

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

War and the collapse of the empire -- The birth of the commune -- Masters of their own lives -- The commune versus the cross -- The battle turns against the communards -- Bloody week begins -- Death comes for the archbishop -- The courts-martial at work -- Massacre -- Prisoners of Versailles -- Remembering.

Call Number

JFE 14-8014

ISBN

• 9780300174526 (alk. paper)
• 0300174527 (alk. paper)

LCCN

2014027077

OCLC

881612467

Author

Merriman, John M., author.

Title

Massacre : the life and death of the Paris Commune of 1871 / John Merriman.

Publisher

New Haven : Yale University, [2014]

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Research Call Number

JFE 14-8014