Roger Morgan. The German Social Democrats and the First International: 1864-1872. Cambridge University Press, 1965, 280 pp.
CONTENTS
Preface
List of Abbreviations
I
The German Socialist Parties, 1864 to 1872
Introduction
Lassalle and his successors, 1863-6
The origins of the Eisenach Party, 1863-8
The two parties in rivalry, 1866-9
The Eisenach Congress, 1869
‘Lassalleans’ and ‘Eisenachers’ after 1869
II
The Lassallean Party and the International, 1864 to 1865
Introduction
The ADAV’s problems in 1864-5
The International’s prospects in Germany
Marx’s presidential candidature; his attempt to secure the ADAV’s affiliation to the International
Marx’s and Engels’ collaboration with the Social-Demokrat
The reasons for the International’s failure in 1864-5
III
Johann Philipp Becker and the International in Germany, 1864 to 1868
Introduction
Becker, Lassalle, and the founding of the International
1865-6: the Group of German-speaking Sections
1867-8: growth and problems of Becker’s organisation
IV
Wilhelm Liebknecht and the International in Germany, 1864 to 1868
Introduction
Liebknecht in Berlin, 1864-5
Leipzig: Liebknecht and the German People’s Party, up to the crisis of 1866
1867-8: election-campaigns and the Demokratisches Wochenblatt
Conclusion: Liebknecht’s difficulties between 1864 and 1868
V
The Turning Point: The German Labour Congresses of 1868 to 1869
Introduction
The International as a source of prestige
Rivalry between Schweitzer and Liebknecht: the ADAV’s Hamburg Congress
Liebknecht’s response: the Nürnberg Congress of the Verband Deutscher Arbeitervereine
Becker’s problems in 1868-9: Germany, Switzerland and Bakunin
Schweitzer and his rivals after the congresses of 1868
The founding of the Social Democratic Workers’ Party at Eisenach
The end of Becker’s Group of German-speaking Sections
VI
The Eisenach Party and the International, 1869 to 1872
Introduction: organised relations between the party and the International, 1869-72
The party’s changing political attitudes to the International, 1869-72
The first attitude: from the Eisenach Congress to the Franco-Prussian War (August 1869-July 1870)
The second attitude: from the outbreak of war to the Commune of Paris (July 1870-May 1871)
The third attitude: from the Commune to the Hague Congress (May 1871-September 1872)
VII
Conclusion: The Significance of the International in Germany
Appendix I. The Published and Unpublished Papers of Johann Philipp Becker
Appendix II. Becker’s Financial Receipts from Germany
Appendix III. The Correspondence between Marx and Engels
Appendix IV. The Berlin Section of the International, 1865 to 1866
Bibliography
Index