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May Made Me: An Oral History of the 1968

The mass protests that shook France in May 1968 were exciting, dangerous, creative and influential, changing European politics to this day.
£12.99
Publisher: PLUTO PRESS
ISBN: 9780745336947
Author Mitchell Abidor
Pub Date 12/02/2018
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Students demonstrated, workers went on general strike, factories and universities were occupied. At the height of its fervour, it brought the entire national economy to a halt. The protests reached such a point that political leaders feared civil war or revolution.Fifty years later, here are the eye-opening oral testimonies of those young rebels. By listening to the voices of students and workers, as opposed to that of their leaders, May '68 appears not just as a mass event, but rather as an event driven by millions of individuals, achieving a mosaic human portrait of France at the time.This book reveals the legacy of the uprising: how those explosive experiences changed both those who took part, and the course of history. May Made Me will record these moments before history moves on yet again.