1968: On the Edge of World Revolution

Gassert, Philipp and Martin Klimke (Eds.)

ISBN 10: 1551646455 / ISBN 13: 9781551646459

Published by Black Rose Books, Montreal, Que., 2018

About this Item

7" x 10", xi + 266pp. Printed on alkaline paper and perfect bound in laminated printed card stock cover. Minor shelf wear, edge wear, rubbing to cover. Binding is square and tight. Trace of booksellers' erased pencil price faintly visible on half title page, pages are otherwise clean and bright and unmarked.

Seller Inventory # 005692

Bibliographic Details

• Title: 1968: On the Edge of World Revolution
• Publisher: Black Rose Books, Montreal, Que.
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1551646455
• ISBN 13: 9781551646459
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Activism - Labour - Organizing
  • History - 20th C.

About this title

Synopsis

It was a year of seismic social and political change. With the wildfire of uprisings and revolutions that shook governments and halted economies in 1968, the world would never be the same again. Restless students, workers, women, and national liberation movements arose as a fierce global community with radically democratic instincts that challenged war, capitalism, colonialism, and patriarchy with unprecedented audacity. Fast forward fifty years and 1968 has become a powerful myth that lingers in our memory.
 
Released for the fiftieth anniversary of that momentous year, this second edition of Philipp Gassert’s and Martin Klimke’s seminal 1968 presents an extremely wide ranging survey across the world. Short chapters, written by local eye-witnesses and historical experts, cover the tectonic events in thirty-nine countries across the Americas, Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa, and the Middle East to give a truly global view. Included are forty photographs throughout the book that illustrate the drama of events described in each chapter. This edition also has the transcript of a panel discussion organized for the fortieth anniversary of 1968 with eyewitnesses Norman Birnbaum, Patty Lee Parmalee, and Tom Hayden and moderated by the book's editors.
 
Visually engaging and comprehensive, this new edition is an extremely accessible introduction to a vital moment of global activism in humanity’s history, perfect for a high school or early university textbook, a resource for the general reader, or a starting point for researchers. 
 

About the Author

Philipp Gassert teaches modern history at the University of Heidelberg in Germany and is DAAD visiting Associate Professor of History at the University of Pennsylvania. Formerly a research fellow at the German Historical Institute in Washington, D.C., Martin Klimke is the associate dean of humanities and associate professor of history at New York University, Abu Dhabi.