1968 : memories and legacies of a global revolt

Full Title:

1968 : memories and legacies of a global revolt / edited by Philipp Gassert and Martin Klimke.

Variant title:

Nineteen sixty-eight : memories and legacies of a global revolt

Format:

Book

Published:

Washington, D.C. : German Historical Institute, c2009.

Language:

English

Description:

266 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.

URL:

http://www.ghi-dc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1041&ItemId=932&Itemid=161 <Table of contents> http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=018952024&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA

Other contributors:

Gassert, Philipp. Klimke, Martin.

Uniform series:

Bulletin (German Historical Institute (Washington, D.C.)). Supplement ; no. 6.

Notes:

Cover title. Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.

Contents:

• Introduction
• 1968 from revolt to research / Philipp Gassert and
• Martin Klimke

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Summary:

Protests and demonstrations, sometimes violent, swept the globe in 1968, from the Americas to Europe, Africa, and Asia. The introduction to this collection of essays notes: "...the rebellious young people of 1968 sincerely believed they were involved in a struggle against established orders (and world orders) worldwide." Herein one finds accounts of the anti-war left, the Prague Spring, and dozens of other protest movements.

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Subject headings:

Radicalism--History--20th century. Nineteen sixty-eight, A.D. History, Modern--1945-1989. Insurgency--History--20th century. Political violence--History--20th century.