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The French Anarchists in London, 1880-1914 - Exile and Transnationalism in the First Globalisation (Paperback)
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The French Anarchists in London, 1880-1914 - Exile and Transnationalism in the First Globalisation (Paperback)
Series: Studies in Labour History, 1
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This book is a study of political exile and transnational activism
in the late-Victorian period. It explores the history of about 500
French-speaking anarchists who lived in exile in London between
1880 and 1914, with a close focus on the 1890s, when their presence
peaked. These individuals sought to escape intense repression in
France, at a time when anarchist-inspired terrorism swept over the
Western world. Until the 1905 Aliens Act, Britain was the exception
in maintaining a liberal approach to the containment of anarchism
and terrorism; it was therefore the choice destination of
international exiled anarchists, just as it had been for previous
generations of revolutionary exiles throughout the nineteenth
century. These French groups in London played a strategic role in
the reinvention of anarchism at a time of crisis, but also
triggered intense moral panic in France, Britain and beyond. This
study retraces the lives of these largely unknown individuals - how
they struggled to get by in the great late-Victorian metropolis,
their social and political interactions among themselves, with
other exiled groups and their host society. The myths surrounding
their rumoured terrorist activities are examined, as well as the
constant overt and covert surveillance which French and British
intelligence services kept over them. The debates surrounding the
controversial asylum granted to international anarchists, and
especially the French, are presented, showing their role in the
redefinition of British liberalism. The political legacy of these
'London years' is also analysed, since exile contributed to the
formation of small but efficient transnational networks, which were
pivotal to the development and international dissemination of
syndicalism and, less successfully, to anti-war propaganda in the
run up to 1914.
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