Proletarian nights : the workers' dream in nineteenth-century France

Author(s)

• Rancière, Jacques

Bibliographic Information

Proletarian nights : the workers' dream in nineteenth-century France

Jacques Rancière ; translated from the French by John Drury ; with an introduction by Donald Reid

Verso Books, 2012

• pbk.

Other Title

Nuit des prolétaires

Uniform Title

Nuit des prolétaires

Note

Translation of: La nuit des prolétaires

"This updated edition includes a new preface by the author ..."--P. [4] of cover

First published in English in 1989 by Temple University Press as: Nights of labor : The workers' dream in Nineteenth-century France

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Proletarian Nights, previously published in English as Nights of Labor and one of Ranciere's most important works, dramatically reinterprets the Revolution of 1830, contending that workers were not rebelling against specific hardships and conditions but against the unyielding predetermination of their lives. Through a study of worker-run newspapers, letters, journals, and worker-poetry, Ranciere reveals the contradictory and conflicting stories that challenge the coherence of these statements celebrating labor. This updated edition includes a new preface by the author, revisiting the work twenty years since its first publication in France.

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Details

• NCID: BB13071465
• ISBN:
  • 9781844677788
• LCCN: 2012418219
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: fre
• Place of Publication: London ; New York
• Pages/Volumes: xxxv, 442 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : HD8429
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Working class -- France -- History -- 19th century
  • LCSH : France -- Social conditions -- 19th century
  • LCSH : Working class writings, French -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Proletariat in literature