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The Civil War in France

Karl Marx

Marx's address on the Paris Commune, the class character of the state, and the political form of working-class emancipation.

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Written / first published
1871
Format
Report
Difficulty
Intermediate
Language
English
Edition
English edition of 1871
Sections
8

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  1. 1891 Introduction by Friedrich Engels
  2. Chapter 1: The Beginning of the Franco-Prussian War
  3. Chapter 2: Prussian Occupation of France
  4. Chapter 3: France Capitulates and the Government of Thiers
  5. Chapter 4: Paris Workers' Revolution and Thiers' Reactionary Massacres
  6. Chapter 5: The Paris Commune
  7. Chapter 6: The Fall of Paris
  8. 1891 Introduction: Postscript by Friedrich Engels