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Arbre bleu éditions

French independent publishing house specializing in social history, labor history, and political movements.

Last updated September 29, 2026

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Overview

Arbre bleu éditions is a French independent publishing house (maison d'édition) whose catalogue focuses on social history, the history of labor and trade unionism, political movements, and the history of socialism and pacifism. Its published titles include works on the purge in Corrèze (1944–1947), letters from a Jewish woman in Lorraine during the Restoration, socialists against the Algerian War, the far right, trade union structures and democracy, the French mutualist movement in Burgundy, socialism and pacifism from the Second International to the Cold War, and the history of the social and solidarity economy (ESS). The publisher organizes its output into named collections such as Figures militantes, Les Passeurs, Matériaux d'histoire sociale, Religions et sociétés, Gauches d'ici et d'ailleurs, Le Corps social, L'Écho social et solidaire, Histoire des mondes du travail, and Repères historiques. It distributes to both bookshops (librairies) and individual customers, maintains a newsletter, and is present on social media including Twitter and Facebook. The website provides sections for new and forthcoming titles, collections, the full catalogue, ordering information, and a manuscript submission portal. The house presents itself as a small, mission-driven publisher dedicated to rigorous historical scholarship with a progressive and social orientation.

History

Arbre bleu éditions is a French publishing house dedicated to social history and the history of political and social movements. Its catalogue includes monographs and edited volumes on topics such as the post-war purge in Corrèze, Jewish life in nineteenth-century Lorraine, socialist opposition to the Algerian War, the far right, trade union democracy, the French mutualist tradition, socialism and pacifism, and the historiography of the social and solidarity economy. The publisher organizes its list into thematic collections, including Figures militantes, Les Passeurs, Matériaux d'histoire sociale, Religions et sociétés, Gauches d'ici et d'ailleurs, Le Corps social, L'Écho social et solidaire, Histoire des mondes du travail, and Repères historiques. It sells to both bookshops and individual customers and maintains a newsletter and social media presence. The website also invites manuscript submissions, indicating an openness to new authors in its fields of interest. No founding date, founder, or headquarters location is provided in the available evidence.

Products and positioning

Independent French publisher of social, labor, and political history with a progressive orientation.

  • L'épuration en Corrèze (1944-1947)

  • « Adieu mon bien aimé » Lettres d'une Juive lorraine sous la Restauration (1828-1830)

  • Socialistes contre la guerre d'Algérie De la SFIO au PSU (1954-1960)

  • L'extrême droite Permanence et métamorphoses

  • Structures et démocratie syndicales

  • Histoire d'un « défricheur social » La mutualité française bourguignonne (1800-2022)

  • Socialisme et pacifisme De la IIe Internationale à la guerre froide

  • (Re)Penser l'histoire de l'ESS Approches et historiographie

  • « La seule religion chrétienne est proportionnée à tous » Les instruments élémentaires de diffusion de l'apologétique chrétienne

  • Association internationale des travailleurs De la correctionnelle à l'assaut du ciel L'Association internationale des travailleurs à Paris, mai 1870-mai 1871

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