In this first episode in our new series on the Paris Commune, we take a deep dive into the politics and society of mid-19th-century France to better understand the circumstances that led to the fall of the Second French Empire and the rise of the Paris Commune.

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Works Cited:

Abidor, Mitchell. “Communards: The Story of the Paris Commune of 1871, as Told by Those Who Fought for It.” Marxists Internet Archive, 2010.

Christiansen, Rupert. “Paris Babylon: the Story of the Paris Commune.” Penguin Books, 1996.

Horne, Alistair. “The Fall of Paris: The Siege and the Commune 1870-71.” Penguin, 2007.

Lissagaray, Prosper-Olivier. “History of the Paris Commune of 1871.” Red and Black Publishers, 2007

Marx, Karl, and Lenin, Vladimir. “The Civil War In France: The Paris Commune.” International Publishers, 2016.