{"product_id":"massacre-john-merriman-9780465020171","title":"Massacre: The Life and Death of the Paris Commune","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom a pre-eminent Yale historian comes the first popular history of the 1871 Paris Commune, a seminal episode in modern European history.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The Paris Commune lasted for only 64 days in 1871, but during that short time it gave rise to some of the grandest political dreams of the nineteenth century -- before culminating in horrific violence. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Following the disastrous French defeat in the Franco-Prussian War, hungry and politically disenchanted Parisians took up arms against their government in the name of a more just society. They expelled loyalists and soldiers and erected barricades in the streets. In \u003ci\u003eMassacre\u003c\/i\u003e, John Merriman introduces a cast of inimitable Communards -- from \u003ci\u003eles p (c)oleuses\u003c\/i\u003e (female incendiaries) to the painter Gustave Courbet -- whose idealism fueled a revolution. And he vividly recreates the Commune's chaotic and bloody end when 30,000 troops stormed the city, burning half of Paris and executing captured Communards en masse. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A stirring evocation of the spring when Paris was ablaze with cannon fire and its citizens were their own masters, \u003ci\u003eMassacre\u003c\/i\u003e reveals how the indomitable spirit of the Commune shook the very foundations of Europe.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e John Merriman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465020178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465020171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 360\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2014 pg. 14\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2014 pg. 102\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/19\/2015 pg. 26\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChronicle of Higher Education\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/13\/2015 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2015 pg. 1581","brand":"John Merriman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43946641883391,"sku":"9780465020171","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_cd764950-039b-4521-a5c1-e452feb27136.jpg?v=1681514302","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/massacre-john-merriman-9780465020171","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}