Marxism and the French Left : studies on labour and politics in France, 1830-1981 / Tony Judt.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Judt, Tony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Communism--France--History.

Communism.

Socialism--France--History.

Socialism.

Labor movement--France--History.

Labor movement.

Labor unions--Political activity--France--History.

Labor unions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (351 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : New York University Press, c2011.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Unlike most books, which treat labor, Socialist and Communist history separately and view French Marxism as a self-contained philosophical phenomenon, Marxism and the French Left offers a refreshingly different approach to the subject. Judt emphasizes the complex and interwoven themes that unify the topics of his essays to construct a distinctive and original interpretation of French left-wing politics over the past 150 years.“A well-informed and persuasive reinterpretation of the old French Left that is now receding beyond recall, except for historians.”—Times Literary Supplement

Contents:

The Left in France

The French labour movement in the nineteenth century

The French socialist party 1920-1936

French Marxism 1945-1975

The elections of 1981 in historical perspective.

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

Originally published in New York by Oxford University Press, 1986.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8147-4393-5

OCLC:

744353985