The Paris Commune, 1871
By: [translated from the German.
Contributors: Hitchens, Christopher, ed.
Edition: New ed.] edited and introduced by Christopher Hitchens.
Publisher: Sidgwick and Jackson
Published: 1971
Place of publication: London
Language: eng; ger
Number of pages: 139
Subjects: Paris (France) -- History -- Commune, 1871.; Paris (France) -- History -- Siege, 1870-1871.
Description: This book comprises Marx's three addresses to the International Working Men's Association, together with Engel's introductions, and several additional pieces of correspondence and related material. A modern introduction by Christopher Hitchens analyzes the attitude of these thinkers to the Commune, examines the nature of the Commune itself, and traces its impact on the Europe of 1871 and its significance for today. -- Book jacket.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [131]-132.
"This collection of Karl Marx's work on the Paris Commune of 1871, his two manifestoes on the Franco-Prussian War, and his essay on the Civil War in France, is based on the 1913 edition, published in America by the New York Labor News Company, with notes on Marx's text by Lucien Sanial and an introduction by Frederick Engels."
Translation of Der Bürgerkrieg in Frankreich.