Main entry:

Merriman, John M., author.

Title & Author:

Massacre : the life and death of the Paris Commune / John Merriman.

Publication:

New York, NY : Basic Books, [2014]

Description:

xxvi, 327 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm

Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
War and the collapse of the Empire -- The birth of the Commune -- Masters of their own lives -- The Commune versus the cross -- The battle turns against the Communards -- Bloody week begins -- Death comes for the Archbishop -- The courts-martial at work -- Massacre -- Prisoners of Versailles -- Remembering.
Dust jacket.

Summary:

"The Paris Commune lasted for only 64 days in 1871, but during that short time it gave rise to some of the grandest political dreams of the nineteenth century--before culminating in horrific violence. Following the disastrous French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, hungry and politically disenchanted Parisians took up arms against their government in the name of a more just society. They expelled loyalists and soldiers and erected barricades in the streets. In Massacre, John Merriman introduces a cast of inimitable Communards--from les petroleuses (female incendiaries) to the painter Gustave Courbet--whose idealism fueled a revolution. And he vividly recreates the Commune's chaotic and bloody end when 30,000 troops stormed the city, burning half of Paris and executing captured Communards en masse. A stirring evocation of the spring when Paris was ablaze with cannon fire and its citizens were their own masters, Massacre reveals how the indomitable spirit of the Commune shook the very foundations of Europe"-- Provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9780465020171 (hardcover)
0465020178 (hardcover)
(ebook)
9780465056828

Subject:

Social conflict France Paris History 19th century.
Violence France Paris History 19th century.
Massacres France Paris History 19th century.
Violence France Paris Histoire 19e siècle.
Massacres France Paris Histoire 19e siècle.
HISTORY Europe France.
HISTORY Modern 19th Century.
Massacres
Politics and government
Social conditions
Social conflict
Violence
Paris (France) History Commune, 1871.
Paris (France) Politics and government 19th century.
Paris (France) Social conditions 19th century.
France Politics and government 1870-1940.
Paris (France) Histoire 1871 (Commune)
Paris (France) Administration 19e siècle.
France Politique et gouvernement 1870-1940.
France
France Paris

Form/genre:

History

Holdings:

Location: Library main 289570
Call No.: BIB 232126
Status: Available