April 23, 2014 professor merriman specializes in modern france, urban and social history, and modern european history since the renaissance. Women in the paris commune of 1871 by karine varley on prezi. In a tremendous revolutionary movement, the working people of paris replaced the capitalist state with their own organs of government and held political power until their downfall in the last week of may. If youve read about it already in a history survey but want to know more, without committing to a 500 page tomb, this is a good middle ground freely available. The wikipedia article is also good for a quick overview. A short history of the paris commune internet archive. The central committee forces the mayors to capitulate. It had such a profound effect on karl marx that he amended a portion of his communist manifesto in response to it.
The national assembly, which was elected in february 1871 to. The francoprussian war had led to the capture of emperor napoleon iii in september 1870, the collapse of the second french empire, and the beginning of the third republic. History of the paris commune of 1871 prosperolivier lissagaray the paris commune was a pivotal event in the history of socialist thought. Buy history of the paris commune of 1871 by lissagaray, prosper olivier, marx, eleanor isbn. Paris and the commune 187178 the politics of forgetting colette e. Commune of paris, 1871, insurrection of paris against the french government from march 18 to may 28, 1871. On march 18 1871, after france was defeated by prussia in the francoprussian war, the french government sent troops into paris to try and take back the parisian national guards cannon before the people got hold of it. Paris france history commune, 1871 publisher london, s. The paris commune of 1871 was one of the greatest and most inspiring episodes in the history of the working class. Remote work advice from the largest allremote company. It occurred in the wake of frances defeat in the francogerman war and the collapse of napoleon iiis second empire 185270.
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