HIST 1095 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Eric Hobsbawm, Haussmann'S Renovation Of Paris, Class Conflict

• School: York University
• Department: History
• Course: HIST 1095
• Professor: Jennifer Stephen

Document Summary

Lecture 7: rebellions 1: the paris commune, 1871! Readings: parisians: pg159-73; coursekit: city, industry and the. Structure of lecture: the city as a theatre of social con ict! In this case, social con ict : the paris commune, 1871! Illustrates theatre in a particular way : class, capitalism and the city in the 19th century! Place where capitalism is developing and in this, social relationship of class! Themes of lecture: the city is a place of social division! Paris in 1870s, after rebuilding in city, becomes place of social division - place that highlights differences between people : the commune, 1871, as a revolution about urban class differences! Revolution and theatre in which revolution happens is the city : hobsbawm, p. 201: the commune was a workers" insurrection [those arrested] overwhelmingly workers ! Hobsbawm, p. 202: a river of blood ran between the workers of paris and their betters" !