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A socialist history of the French revolution, Jean Jaurès ; abridged and translated by Mitchell Abidor ; introduction by Henry Heller

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A socialist history of the French revolution, Jean Jaurès ; abridged and translated by Mitchell Abidor ; introduction by Henry Heller

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eng

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Includes bibliographic references and index

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non fiction

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A socialist history of the French revolution

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950748002

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Jean Jaurès ; abridged and translated by Mitchell Abidor ; introduction by Henry Heller

Summary

Jean Jaurès was the celebrated French Socialist Party leader, assassinated in 1914 for trying to use diplomacy and industrial action to prevent the outbreak of war. Published just a few years before his death, his magisterial A Socialist History of the French Revolution, has endured for over a century as one of the most influential accounts of the French Revolution ever to be published. Mitchell Abidor's long-overdue translation and abridgement of Jaurès's original 6-volumes brings this exceptional work to an Anglophone audience for the first time. Written in the midst of his activities as leader of the Socialist Party and editor of its newspaper, L'Humanité, Jaurès intended the book to serve as both a guide and an inspiration to political activity; even now it can serve to do just that. Abidor's accomplished translation, and Jaurès's verve, originality and willingness to criticise all players in this great drama make this a truly moving addition to the shelf of great books on the French Revolution.--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. The causes of the Revolution -- 3. July 14, 1789 -- 4. National lands -- 5. The revolutionary 'journées' -- 6. The flight to Varennes -- 7. The insurrection of August 10, 1792 -- 8. The September massacres -- 9. The battle of Valmy -- 10. The trial of the king -- 11. The 'enragés' against the high cost of living -- 12. The Revolution of May 31 and June 2, 1793 -- 13. Marat's assassination -- 14. Dechristianization -- 15. The dictatorship of public safety and the fight against the factions -- 16. The terror and fall of Robespierre -- 17. How should we judge the revolutionaries?

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