The Practical Revolutionaries: A New Interpretation of the French Anarchosyndicalists [Hardcover]

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 Revolutionarieswill provide scholars and students with a better understanding of an important movement in labor history.BARBARA MITCHELL is Professor of History at Chaffey College.

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