French Revolutionary Syndicalism and the Public Sphere

by Kenneth H. Tucker Jr.

Book Overview

This study explores the interaction of the Conf d ration G n rale du Travail (CGT) with the French public sphere, between 1900 and 1920. The CGT supported federalist worker control of industry, and, by World War I, had developed a distinctively productivist discourse, emphasizing increased material output through direction of the economy. Kenneth Tucker examines the triumph of this productivism in contrast with other visions of society and the future,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521021448
• ISBN13: 9780521021449
• Release Date: October 2005
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"