Main entry:

Hazan, Éric.

Title & Author:

A history of the barricade / Eric Hazan ; translated by David Fernbach.

Publication:

London : Verso, 2015.

Description:

132 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm

Notes:
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The barriers of the League: May 1588 -- The barricades of the Fronde: August 1648: -- The hunger barricades: prairial year III -- Barricades and the end of the Bourbons: November 1827, July 1830 -- The first proletarian barricades: Lyon, November 1831 and April 1834 -- Barricades in the Age of Romanticism: June 1832 -- The last victorious barricades: Paris, February 1848 -- The barricade exported to Europe: Spring 1848 -- The barricades of despair: Paris, June 1848 -- A mythical barricade: December 1851 -- The barricades of the Commune: May 1871.
Translated from the French.

Summary:

In this book the author traces the many stages in the barricade's evolution, from the Wars of Religion through to the Paris Commune, drawing on the work of thinkers throughout the periods examined to illustrate and bring to life the violent practicalities of revolutionary uprising.--Publisher's description.

ISBN:

9781784781255 (hardback)
1784781258 (hardback)
(ebook UK)
9781784781279
(ebook US)
9781784781262

Subject:

Insurgency France Paris History.
Revolutions France Paris History.
Barricades (Military science) France Paris History.
Révoltes France Paris Histoire.
Révolutions France Paris Histoire.
Barricades France Paris Histoire.
Barricades (Military science)
Insurgency.
Revolutions.
Paris (France) History.
Paris (France) Histoire.
France Paris.

Form/genre:

History.

Added entries:

Fernbach, David, translator.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 305139
Call No.: BIB 250877
Status: Available