The Long '68
Radical Protest and Its Enemies
$26.24
- Paperback
464 pages
- Release Date
16 April 2019
Summary
A very enjoyable and astringent account of the events that made 1968 and its aftermath so important
The ‘long 68’ saw an extraordinary range of protests across much of the western world. Some of these were genuinely revolutionary - around 10 million French workers struck and the whole state teetered on the brink of collapse. Others were more easily contained, but had profound longer term implications - terrorist groups, feminist collectives, gay rights activists could all trace import…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780141982526 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0141982527 |
| Author: | Richard Vinen |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 464 |
| Release Date: | 16 April 2019 |
| Weight: | 344g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 27mm |
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Critics Review
Deeply researched, richly detailed and thoroughly absorbing – John Gray * New Statesman *
Fresh, compelling … an important book, revealing that 50 years on, 1968 is still unfinished business – Andrew Hussey * Financial Times *
About The Author
Richard Vinen
Richard Vinen is Professor of History at King’s College, London and the author of a number of major books. He won the Wolfson Prize for History for National Service (2014).
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