Paul Lafargue and the Flowering of French Socialism, 1882-1911

by Leslie Derfler

Paul Lafargue, the disciple and son-in-law of Karl Marx, helped to found the first French Marxist party in 1882. Over the next three decades, he served as the chief theoretician and propagandist for Marxism in France. During these years, which ended with the dramatic suicides of Lafargue and his wife, French socialism, and the Marxist party within it, became a significant political force.

In an earlier volume, Paul Lafargue and the Founding...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674659120
• ISBN13: 9780674659124
• Release Date: September 1998
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.3" x 9.5"