1968 in Europe A History of Protest and Activism, 1956-1977

by Klimke, Martin; Scharloth, Joachim

• ISBN13: 9780230606203
• ISBN10: 0230606202
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-03-15
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

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. www.1968ineurope.com

Author Biography

Martin Klimke is a research fellow at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) at the University of Heidelberg, Germany.

Joachim Scharloth is assistant professor in the German Department of LERU-University in Zurich, Switzerland.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
1968 in Europe: An Introduction	p. 1
Transnational Roots of the 1968 Protest Movements
Subcultural Movements: The Provos	p. 13
Situationism	p. 23
The International Peace Movement	p. 33
The Origins of the British New Left	p. 45
Music and Protest in 1960s Europe	p. 57
Motions and Emotions	p. 71
Protest Histories in Different European Countries
Italy	p. 83
West Germany	p. 97
France	p. 111
Great Britain	p. 125
Northern Ireland	p. 137
Belgium	p. 153
Czechoslovakia	p. 163
Poland	p. 179
East Germany	p. 189
Romania	p. 199
Hungary	p. 209
Yugoslavia	p. 219
Switzerland	p. 229
Scandinavia	p. 239
Spain and Greece	p. 253
Transnational Networks and Narratives after 1968
Terrorism	p. 269
The Women's Movement	p. 281
The Environmental Movement	p. 295
Narratives of Democratization: 1968 in Postwar Europe	p. 307
Afterword: The Future of 1968's "Restless Youth"	p. 325
About the Authors	p. 333
Index	p. 339
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