French Summary
Summary
The purpose of this thesis is to survey, localize and describe all the anarchist periodicals published in French all over the world from 1880 to 1983. An alphabetical repertory, combining more than 2200 data cards, indicates for each periodical all the elements that are necessary for its identification and for its description, the name of its publishers, editors and collaborators as well as the location of the collections. With the material collected two studies have been undertaken :

– a study of the press (the making, the financing and the diffusion of these periodicals and the socio-professional study of the leading personalities).

– a content analysis (themes, topics, polemics). The conclusion endeavors to assess the role of this press as a means of propaganda and as a link between the groups and the individuals. The study is completed by several indexes :
– names and noms de plume.
– geographical lists (countries, departements and regions) and chronological lists.