May '68 and Its Afterlives

by Kristin Ross

Book Overview

During May 1968, students and workers in France united in the biggest strike and the largest mass movement in French history. Protesting capitalism, American imperialism, and Gaullism, 9 million people from all walks of life, from shipbuilders to department store clerks, stopped working. The nation was paralyzed-no sector of the workplace was untouched. Yet, just thirty years later, the mainstream image of May '68 in France has become that of a mellow...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226727998
• ISBN13: 9780226727998
• Release Date: May 2004
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 247 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.8" x 8.9"