The Practical Revolutionaries: A New Interpretation of the French Anarchosyndicalists

by Barbara Mitchell

Overview

Until recently, historians and political analysts have tended to dismiss French revolutionary syndicalism as a movement whose influence was either negative or ineffectual. This study of French anarchosyndicalism represents a departure from traditional class-based analyses and more recent attempts to deal with the subject from a strictly regional or occupational standpoint. The Practical Revolutionaries will provide scholars and students with a better understanding of an important movement in labor history.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313252891
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	04/15/1987
Series:	Contributions to the Study of World History , #5
Pages:	328
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

BARBARA MITCHELL is Professor of History at Chaffey College.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
An Introduction to the Movement and Its Critics
The Question of Direct Action: Action in the Economic Realm
The Question of Direct Action: The Syndicalist as Moralist
The Woman Question: The Legacy
The Woman Question: From Foyer to Factory
The Peasant Question: Grounding the Rural Offensive
The Peasant Question: A Paradox
The Question of the State
"The Workers Have No Country"
The Question of the State: …Unless it is the Patrie in Danger!
The Revolution Reconsidered: A Final Assessment
Selected Bibliography
Index