Red City: The Paris Commune of 1871 and the Revolution That Shook the World

In the spring of 1871, Paris rose in rebellion. Workers, soldiers, teachers, and revolutionaries seized control of one of the greatest cities in the world and attempted something never seen before: a government run by the people themselves. For seventy-two days the Paris Commune transformed the capital into a laboratory of radical democracy, social reform, and revolutionary hope. Barricades filled...