1968 : on the edge of world revolution / Phillipp Gassert, Martin Klimke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gassert, Philipp, author.

Klimke, Martin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History, Modern--1945-1989.

History, Modern.

Radicalism--History--20th century.

Radicalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (275 pages)

Place of Publication:

Montreal : Black Rose Books, [2018]

Summary:

"Released for the fiftieth anniversary of that momentous year, Philipp Gassert's and Martin Klimke's seminal 1968 presents a wide-ranging survey. Short chapters, written by local eyewitnesses and historical experts, cover events in thirty-nine countries to give a truly global view. Photographs throughout the book illustrate the drama of events described in each chapter. It includes the transcript of a panel discussion organized for the fortieth anniversary, with eyewitness testimony from Norman Birnbaum, Patty Lee Parmalee, and Tom Hayden. Originally released as a bulletin of the German Historical Institute, it is being published in book form for the very first time and includes a new foreword by Dimitri Roussopoulos, a veteran activist involved on an international level in the tumult of the 1960s."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Introduction

Argentina: The Signs and Images of "Revolutionary War"

Bolivia: Che Guevara in Global History

Canada: 1968 and the New Left

Colombia: The "Cataluña Movement"

Mexico: The Power of Memory

Peru: The Beginning of a New World

USA: Unending 1968

Venezuela: A Sociological Laboratory

Australia: A Nation of Lotus-Eaters

China: The Process of Decolonization in the Case of Hong Kong

India: Outsiders in Two Worlds

Japan: "1968" - History of a Decade

Pakistan: The Year of Change

Thailand: The "October Movement" and the Transformation to Democracy

Egypt: From Romanticism to Realism

Israel: 1968 and the "'67 Generation"

Lebanon: Of Things that Remain Unsaid

Palestinian Territories: Discovering Freedom in a Refugee Camp

Senegal: May 1968, Africa's Revolt

South Africa: Where Were We Looking in 1968?

Syria: The Children of the Six-Day Wa

Czechoslovakia: Lines of Tanks in Prague

East Germany: "Solidarity with Red Prague"

Hungary: The Year of Disillusionment

Poland: The March Events of 1968

Russia: The Philosophy of the Long-Haired Rebellion

Turkey: The Lost Generation

Yugoslavia: "Down with the Red Bourgeoisie!"

Belgium: The End Started in 1968

Denmark: Protest and Pragmatism

France: A Journey to Freedom

Great Britain: "No Place for a Street Fighting Man"

Greece: The Other Side of 1968

Ireland: Breaking the Shackles

Italy: "We Demand the Impossible"

Netherlands: The Second Liberation

Norway: A Political Awakening

Sweden: What Happened to 1968?

West Germany: A Return from Cultural Nostalgia to Political Analysis

Epilogue: One, Two, Three, Many 1968s?: A Panel Discussion

Acknowledgments

Photo Credits

Blank Page.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781551646497

1551646498

OCLC:

1035221228