The Practical Revolutionaries

?A sensible and highly detailed treatment of turn-of-the-20th-century French anarchosyndicalism. Mitchell eschews earlier doctrinaire interpretations of this group, and attempts to answer some specific questions as the anarchosyndicalists themselves would have approached them, free from presuppositions derived from other--mostly Marxist--perspectives. The questions Mitchell addresses have to do with direct action, ' patriotism, women, and peasants. She succeeds very well; this is likely to remain the definitive work on the subject. The book is clearly expressed.... There are very valuable brief biographical notices and a full bibliography. The book is essential to any scholarly library, where it will be useful on all levels of scholarship.?-Choice "A sensible and highly detailed treatment of turn-of-the-20th-century French anarchosyndicalism. Mitchell eschews earlier doctrinaire interpretations of this group, and attempts to answer some specific questions as the anarchosyndicalists themselves would have approached them, free from presuppositions derived from other--mostly Marxist--perspectives. The questions Mitchell addresses have to do with direct action, ' patriotism, women, and peasants. She succeeds very well; this is likely to remain the definitive work on the subject. The book is clearly expressed.... There are very valuable brief biographical notices and a full bibliography. The book is essential to any scholarly library, where it will be useful on all levels of scholarship."-Choice

BARBARA MITCHELL is Professor of History at Chaffey College.

Acknowledgments An Introduction to the Movement and Its Critics The Question of Direct Action: Action in the Economic Realm The Question of Direct Action: The Syndicalist as Moralist The Woman Question: The Legacy The Woman Question: From Foyer to Factory The Peasant Question: Grounding the Rural Offensive The Peasant Question: A Paradox The Question of the State "The Workers Have No Country" The Question of the State: Unless it is the Patrie in Danger! The Revolution Reconsidered: A Final Assessment Selected Bibliography Index