The French Anarchists in London, 1880-1914 : Exile and Transnationalism in the First Globalisation.

Depicts the social and political lives of the few hundred French anarchists exiled in London between 1880 and 1914, and focuses on their transnational political activism, suspected terrorist activities, the police surveillance they were subjected to, and the epoch-making changes in immigration and a...

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Main Author: Bantman, Constance
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2013
Series:Studies in labour history (Liverpool University Press) ; 1.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 1. From the socialist revival to a terrorist epidemic: anarchism in the I880s
  • 2. The Francophone anarchist circles in London: between isolation and internationalisation
  • 3. Exilic militancy
  • 4. Bombs in Britain? realities and rumours
  • 5. The road to the Aliens Act: the anarchists become a political and diplomatic stake
  • 6. The pre-war years: cross-channel networks, syndicalism, and the demise of internationalism
  • Conclusion.