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Author Rancière, Jacques, author

Title Proletarian nights : the workers' dream in nineteenth-century France / Jacques Rancière ; translated from the French by John Drury ; with an introduction by Donald Reid
Edition Updated edition
Published London ; New York : Verso Books, 2012
London New York Verso Books, 2012
© 2012

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Description xxxv, 442 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Machine generated contents note: pt. I THE MAN IN THE LEATHER APRON -- 1.The Gate of Hell -- 2.The Gate of Heaven -- 3.The New Babylon -- 4.Circuit Rounds and Spirals -- 5.The Morning Star -- pt. II THE BROKEN PLANE -- 6.The Army of Work -- 7.The Lovers of Humanity -- 8.The Hammer and the Anvil -- 9.The Holes of the Temple -- pt. III THE CHRISTIAN HERCULES -- 10.The Interrupted Banquet -- 11.The Republic of Work -- 12.The Journey of Icarus
Notes "This updated edition includes a new preface by the author ..."--P. [4] of cover
First published in English in 1989 by Temple University Press as: Nights of labor : The workers' dream in Nineteenth-century France
Translation of: La nuit des prolétaires
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes In English; translated from the French
Subject Proletariat in literature.
Working class writings, French -- History and criticism.
Working class -- France -- History -- 19th century.
France -- Social conditions -- 19th century.
Author Rancière, Jacques. Nuit des prolétaires. English.
LC no. 2012418219
ISBN 9781844677788 (paperback)
Other Titles Nuit des prolétaires. English
Workers' dream in nineteenth-century France
Nights of labor