Massacre : the life and death of the Paris Commune
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, [2014].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xxvi, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
944.0812 Mer
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944.0812 Mer
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Published
New York, N.Y. : Basic Books, [2014].
Language
English
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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
"The Paris Commune lasted for only 64 days in 1871, but during that short time it gave rise to some of the grandest political dreams of the nineteenth century--before culminating in horrific violence. Following the disastrous French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, hungry and politically disenchanted Parisians took up arms against their government in the name of a more just society. They expelled loyalists and soldiers and erected barricades in the streets. In Massacre, John Merriman introduces a cast of inimitable Communards -- from les petroleuses (female incendiaries) to the painter Gustave Courbet -- whose idealism fueled a revolution. And he vividly recreates the Commune's chaotic and bloody end when 30,000 troops stormed the city, burning half of Paris and executing captured Communards en masse. A stirring evocation of the spring when Paris was ablaze with cannon fire and its citizens were their own masters, Massacre reveals how the indomitable spirit of the Commune shook the very foundations of Europe"--,Provided by publisher.
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LC Subjects
France -- Politics and government -- 1870-1940.
Massacres -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century.
Paris (France) -- History -- Commune, 1871.
Paris (France) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Paris (France) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Social conflict -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century.
Violence -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century.
Massacres -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century.
Paris (France) -- History -- Commune, 1871.
Paris (France) -- Politics and government -- 19th century.
Paris (France) -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Social conflict -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century.
Violence -- France -- Paris -- History -- 19th century.