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Reformism and Jules Guesde: 1891–1904

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A subtitle of this essay could conceivably read, “a subject in search of a biographer”. It examines the motives of Jules Guesde, who introduced and organized Marxism in France, in shifting from revolutionary to reformist, and back to a revolutionary position. In charting these movements I have applied some new evidence, that found in recently available police archives, to an old problem.

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Copyright © Internationaal Instituut voor Sociale Geschiedenis 1967

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