The Global Revolutions of 1968: A Norton Casebook in History: 0 (Norton Documents Reader) - Softcover

Suri, Professor Of History Jeremi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 039392744X ISBN 13: 9780393927443

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, 2007

Synopsis

This casebook explores the common sources of protest and the mechanisms by which unrest became a global phenomenon. It also includes in-depth discussion of how different countries reacted to the protests. The documents reveal common experiences across national boundaries for protesters and government officials alike. In particular, the voices of protesters included here illustrate how events emerged from a constellation of ideas circulating among young people in different cultures.

About this title

Synopsis:

Speeches, interviews, statements, government reports, and other texts document that volatile year, its origins going back to 1956, and reactions and legacy into the late 1970s. Among them are Khrushchev's 1956 speech to the 20th Party Congress, Mao Zedong's talk to leaders of the center in 1966, a 1968 interview of Daniel Cohn-Bendit by Jean-Paul S

About the Author:

Jeremi Suri, (University of Wisconsin--Madison) is the author of Power and Protest: Global Revolution and the Rise of Détente and a forthcoming biography of Henry Kissinger.

About this edition

• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 039392744X
• ISBN 13: 9780393927443
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 256