The Insurgent Barricade
“To the barricades!” The cry conjures images of angry citizens, turmoil in the streets, and skirmishes fought behind hastily improvised cover. This definitive history of the barricade charts the origins, development, and diffusion of a uniquely European revolutionary tradition. Mark Traugott traces the barricade from its beginnings in the sixteenth century, to its refinement in the insurrectionary struggles of the long nineteenth century, on through its emergence as an icon of an international culture of revolution. Exploring the most compelling moments of its history, Traugott finds that the barricade is more than a physical structure; it is part of a continuous insurrectionary lineage that features spontaneous collaboration even as it relies on recurrent patterns of self-conscious collective action. A case study in how techniques of protest originate and evolve, The Insurgent Barricade tells how the French perfected a repertoire of revolution over three centuries, and how students, exiles, and itinerant workers helped it spread across Europe.
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The Insurgent Barricade
“To the barricades!” The cry conjures images of angry citizens, turmoil in the streets, and skirmishes fought behind hastily improvised cover. This definitive history of the barricade charts the origins, development, and diffusion of a uniquely European revolutionary tradition. Mark Traugott traces the barricade from its beginnings in the sixteenth century, to its refinement in the insurrectionary struggles of the long nineteenth century, on through its emergence as an icon of an international culture of revolution. Exploring the most compelling moments of its history, Traugott finds that the barricade is more than a physical structure; it is part of a continuous insurrectionary lineage that features spontaneous collaboration even as it relies on recurrent patterns of self-conscious collective action. A case study in how techniques of protest originate and evolve, The Insurgent Barricade tells how the French perfected a repertoire of revolution over three centuries, and how students, exiles, and itinerant workers helped it spread across Europe.
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The Insurgent Barricade

by Mark Traugott
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The Insurgent Barricade

by Mark Traugott

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“To the barricades!” The cry conjures images of angry citizens, turmoil in the streets, and skirmishes fought behind hastily improvised cover. This definitive history of the barricade charts the origins, development, and diffusion of a uniquely European revolutionary tradition. Mark Traugott traces the barricade from its beginnings in the sixteenth century, to its refinement in the insurrectionary struggles of the long nineteenth century, on through its emergence as an icon of an international culture of revolution. Exploring the most compelling moments of its history, Traugott finds that the barricade is more than a physical structure; it is part of a continuous insurrectionary lineage that features spontaneous collaboration even as it relies on recurrent patterns of self-conscious collective action. A case study in how techniques of protest originate and evolve, The Insurgent Barricade tells how the French perfected a repertoire of revolution over three centuries, and how students, exiles, and itinerant workers helped it spread across Europe.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780520266322
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 12/02/2010
Edition description: First Edition
Pages: 454
Product dimensions: 6.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Mark Traugott is Professor of History and Sociology at the University of California, Santa Cruz. He is the author of Armies of the Poor: Determinants of Working-Class Participation in the Parisian Insurrection of June 1848 and the editor and translator of The French Worker: Autobiographies from the Early Industrial Era (UC Press), among other books.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
Preface and Acknowledgments

1. The Insurgent Barricade
2. The First Barricades
3. The Barricades of the Fronde
4. The Long-Term Incidence of Barricade Events and the Lost Barricades of the French Revolution
5. Barricades in Belgium, 1787–1830
6. The Barricade Conquers Europe, 1848
7. The Functions of the Barricade
8. Barricades and the Culture of Revolution

Appendix A. Database of European Barricade Events
Appendix B. Did the Wave of Revolutionism in 1848 Originate in Paris or Palermo?
Appendix C. The Barricade and Technological Innovations in Transportat and Communications

Notes
References
Index

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"Brilliant and elegantly written. . . . [A] masterful work of historical

sociology."—Contemporary Sociology

"This fascinating study should be a priority for every university's collection."—Choice

"Insurgent Barricades is a work that should have been written ages ago, filling a gaping hole in revolutionary studies."—The Historian

"An engaging and important book."—Journal of Modern History

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