The German Social Democrats and the First International, 1864-1872 / by Roger Morgan
1965, First Edition. Cambridge : University Press. Fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-torn dust-wrapper with minor loss, now mylar-sleeved. Remains well-preserved overall. Item #447232
Physical description; xv, 280 pages ; 23 cm. Contents; I. The German Socialist parties, 1864 to 1872. Introduction. Lassalle and his successors, 1863-6. The origins of the Eisenach Party, 1863-8. The two parties in the rivalry, 1866-9. The Eisenach Congress, 1869. 'Lassalleans' and 'Eisenachers' after 1869 -- II. The Lassallean Party and the International, 1864 to 1865. Introduction. The ADAV's problems in 1864-5. The International's prospects in Germany. Marx's presidential candidature; his attempts to secure the ADAV's affiliation to the International. Marx's and Engels' collaboration with the Social-Demokrat. The reasons for the International's failure in 1864-5 -- III. Johann Philipp Becker and the International in Germany, 1864 to 1868. Introduction. Becker, Lassalle, and the founding of the International. 1865-6: the Group of Germany-speaking Sections. 1867-8: growth and problems of Becker's organisation -- IV. Wilhelm, Liebknecht and the International in Germany, 1864 to 1868. Introduction. Liebknecht in Berlin, 1864-5. Leipzig: Liebknecht and the Germany People's Party, up to the crisis of 1866. 1867-8: election-campaigns and the Demokratisches Wochenblatt. Conclusion: Liebknecht's difficulties between 1864 and 1868 -- V. The turning point: the German labour congresses of 1868 to 1869. Introduction. The International as a source of prestige. Rivalry between Schweitzer and Liebknecht: the ADAV's Hamburg Congress. Liebknecht's response: the NürnbergCongress of the Verband Deutscher Arbeitervereine. Becker's problems in 1868-9: Germany, Switzerland and Bakunin. Schweitzer and his rivals after the congresses of 1868. The founding of the Social Democratic Worker's Party at Eisenach. The end of Becker's Group of German-speaking Sections -- VI. The Eisenach Party and the International, 1869 to 1872. Introduction: organised relations between the party and the International, 1869-72. The party's changing political attitudes to the International, 1869-72. The first attitude: from the Eisenach Congress to the Franco-Prussian War ( August 1869-July 1870). The second attitude: from the outbreak of war to the Commune of Paris (July 1870-May 1871). The third attitude: from the Commune to the Hague Congress (May 1871-September 1872) -- VII. Conclusion: the significance of the International in Germany. Subjects; Allgemeiner Deutscher Arbeiterverein. International Workingmen's Association (1864-1876). First International. International cooperation. Labour movements.
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