The imaginary revolution : Parisian students and workers in 1968 / Michael Seidman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Seidman, Michael.

Series:

International Studies in Social History

International Studies in Social History ; v.5

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College students--Political activity--History--20th century--France.

College students.

College students--Political activity--France--History--20th century.

Radicalism--France--History--20th century.

Radicalism.

Riots--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Riots.

Working class--Political activity--History--20th century--France--Paris.

Working class.

Working class--Political activity--France--Paris--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 310 pages) : illustrations, maps

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2004.

Summary:

The events of 1968 have been seen as a decisive turning point in the Western world. The author takes a critical look at ""May 1968"" and questions whether the events were in fact as ""revolutionary"" as French and foreign commentators have indicated. He concludes the student movement changed little that had not already been challenged and altered in the late fifties and early sixties. The workers' strikes led to fewer working hours and higher wages, but these reforms reflected the secular demands of the French labor movement. ""May 1968"" was remarkable not because of the actual transformatio

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

ABBREVIATIONS

INTRODUCTION May 1968—a Rupture?

Chapter One SEX, DRUGS, AND REVOLUTION

Chapter Two MAKING DESIRES REALITY

Chapter Three INCENDIARY OCCUPATIONS

Chapter Four WORKERS RESPOND

Chapter Five THE SPECTACLE OF ORDER

CONCLUSION A Modest or Mythical May?

CHRONOLOGY

GLOSSARY

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and index.

ISBN:

9780857456830

0857456830