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Paris and the Commune 1871-78: The Politics of Forgetting
Colette Wilson
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Description for Paris and the Commune 1871-78: The Politics of Forgetting
Paperback. Colette Wilson writes clearly and authoritatively and her original, scholarly and beautifully illustrated book makes a strong contribution to our understanding of the Paris Commune, its aftermath in the early years of the Third Republic and French cultural memory overall. Series Editor(s): Taithe, Bertrand; Summerfield, Penny; Gatrell, Peter; Jones, Max; Carden-Coyne, Ana. Series: Cultural History of Modern War. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 black & white illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
Despite the scholarship and political activism devoted to keeping the memory of the Paris Commune alive, there still remains much ignorance both in France and elsewhere, about the traumatic civil war of 1871; some 20,000 to 35,000 people were killed on the streets of Paris in just the final week of the conflict. Colette Wilson identifies a critical blind-spot in French studies and employs new critical approaches to neglected texts, marginalised aspects of the illustrated press, early photography and a selection of novels by Emile Zola. This book will be of interest to students and academics studying ... Read more
Despite the scholarship and political activism devoted to keeping the memory of the Paris Commune alive, there still remains much ignorance both in France and elsewhere, about the traumatic civil war of 1871; some 20,000 to 35,000 people were killed on the streets of Paris in just the final week of the conflict. Colette Wilson identifies a critical blind-spot in French studies and employs new critical approaches to neglected texts, marginalised aspects of the illustrated press, early photography and a selection of novels by Emile Zola. This book will be of interest to students and academics studying ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Cultural History of Modern War
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781526106582
SKU
V9781526106582
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About Colette Wilson
Colette E. Wilson is an Independent Researcher -- .
Reviews for Paris and the Commune 1871-78: The Politics of Forgetting
'Colette Wilson's tightly focused Paris and the Commune, 1871-78 is an excellent contribution to the scholarship on the Commune and its memory.' Casey Harison, University of Southern Indiana, H-France Review Vol. 19 (February 2019), No. 22
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