A socialist history of the French Revolution

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A socialist history of the French Revolution

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

Pluto Press, 2015

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Histoire socialiste de la Révolution française

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Text in English translated from the French

Includes index

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'Tantalizing prose' - TLS Jean Jaures 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. Written in the midst of his activities as leader of the Socialist Party and editor of its newspaper, L'Humanite, Jaures intended the book to serve as both a guide and an inspiration to political activity; even now it can serve to do just that. Jaures's verve, originality and willingness to criticise all players in this epic drama make this a truly moving addition to the shelf of great books on the French Revolution. Now available for the first time in paperback, Mitchell Abidor's abridged translation of Jaures's original six volumes makes this exceptional work truly accessible to an Anglophone audience.

Table of Contents

Introduction by Henry Heller Translator's Note 1. Introduction 2. The Causes of the Revolution 3. July 14, 1789 4. National Lands 5. The Revolutionary 'Journees' 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 Enrages 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? Index

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