The Spirit of '68: Rebellion in Western Europe and North America, 1956-1976

The Spirit of '68: Rebellion in Western Europe and North America, 1956-1976
ISBN-10
0199276668
ISBN-13
9780199276660
Category
History
Pages
265
Language
English
Published
2007-02-15
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Authors
Gerd-Rainer Horn, Professor of Twentieth Century History Gerd-Rainer Horn

Description

From Germany to Vietnam, from Italy to the United States, 1968 witnessed a highly unusual sequence of popular rebellions. Millions of individuals took matters into their own hands to counter imperialism, capitalism, and autocracy - indeed any kind of hierarchical thinking. Gerd-Rainer Horn offers a fascinating re-assessment of these turbulent times, arguing that 1968 cannot be seen in isolation: that it must be viewed in the context of a much larger period of experimentation and revolt. He sheds valuable new light both on social movements and on their individual participants, and he offers a fresh understanding of the fundamental changes they wrought on either side of the Atlantic.

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