The emancipation of labor : a history of the First International

Author(s)

• Katz, Henryk

Bibliographic Information

The emancipation of labor : a history of the First International

Henryk Katz

（Contributions in labor studies, no. 36）

Greenwood Press, 1992

Note

Bibliography: p. [161]-171

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Beginning in 1859, the world was engulfed by a new process of revolutionary change that was more extensive geographically, more prolonged in time, more powerful, and more varied in its consequences than the great European revolution of 1848-1849. The same working classes participated in both movements, but earlier visions were replaced by pragmatic ideas, new forms of organization, and new lines of action. This volume chronicles the emergence and evolution of one of the new groups, the International Working Men's Association, which went into history under the name of the First International. Unlike previous historians and writers who generally aligned themselves with either Marx or Bakunin, the great rivals in the movement, author Henryk Katz offers a history of the group and its scores of fascinating personalities. He surveys the First International in the context of the general history of the period from 1846 to 1874, as well as in the context of the worldwide movements of liberation that included the freeing of American slaves, the emancipation of Russian serfs, and the unification of Italy. Katz also fully describes the major role the First International played in the process of the revival and expansion of the West European labor movement. Working from primary and secondary sources, Katz presents a secularized history of the International that will be a valuable reference tool for both libraries and a wide variety of history, political science, and sociology courses.

Table of Contents

Introduction The Foundation Metamorphoses Encounters: Lausanne and Brussels The High Tide Bakunin in the International War and Revolution London 1871 The "Latin" Rebellion The Northern Bastions The Fulfillment Bibliography Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA18733049
• ISBN:
  • 0313274479
• LCCN: 90022395
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xiii, 184 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HX11.I46
  • DC20 : 324.1/7
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : International Workingmen's Association
  • LCSH : Labor movement -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Communism -- History -- 19th century
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00300890