1968 in Europe. A history of protest and activism, 1956-1977

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Publication Date 2008
ISBN 978-0-230-6062-03
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A concise reference for researchers on the protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s, this book covers the history of the various national protest movements, the transnational aspects of these movements, and the common narratives and cultures of memory surrounding them.

Contents:
PART I: TRANSNATIONAL ROOTS OF THE 1968 PROTEST MOVEMENTS
Subcultural Movements: The Provos - N.Pas
Situationism - T.Hecken & A.Grzenia
The International Peace Movement - M.Frey
The Origins of the British New Left - M.Davis
Music and Protest in 1960s Europe - D.Siegfried
Motions & Emotions - J.Tanner

PART II: PROTEST HISTORIANS IN DIFFERENT EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
Italy - J.Kurz & M.Tolomelli
West Germany - M.Klimke
France - I.Gilcher-Holtey
Great Britain - H.Nehring
Northern Ireland - N.O’Dochartaigh
Belgium - L.Vos
Czechoslovakia - J.Pauer
Poland - S.Garsztecki
East Germany - T.Brown
Romania - S.Pavelescu & C.Petrescu
Hungary - M.Szabó
Yugoslavia - B.Kanzleiter
Switzerland - N.Peter
Sweden and Scandinavia - T.E.Jörgensen
Spain and Greece - K.Kornetis

PART III. TRANSNATIONAL NETWORKS AND NARRATIVES AFTER 1968
Terrorism - D.Hauser
Womens' Movement - K.Schulz
The Environmental Movement - C.Rootes
Narratives of Democratization: 1968 in Postwar Europe - P.Gassert

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