rebellion in Western Europe and North America, 1956-1976 /
Gerd-Rainer Horn.
Oxford :
Oxford University Press,
2007.
1 online resource (ix, 254 pages) :
illustrations
Includes bibliographical references (pages 241-251) and index.
Contents; Introduction; 1. Outcasts, Dropouts, and Provocateurs: Nonconformists Prepare the Terrain; 2. Under the Cobblestones Lies the Beach: Student Activism in the 1960s; 3. Vogliamo Tutto: The Working-Class Dimension of '1968'; 4. Left, Left, Left: The Old, the New, and the Far Left; 5. Participatory Democracy: The Meaning of '1968'; Conclusion: A Moment of Crisis and Opportunity; Bibliographic Essay; Index.
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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.
Spirit of '68.
Spirit of sixty-eight
Social movements-- Europe, Western-- History-- 20th century.
Social movements-- United States-- History-- 20th century.