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1 online resource (xxiii, 202 pages) : illustration |
Summary |
The graffiti of the French student and worker uprising of May 1968, capturing participatory politics in action |
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"Fifty years ago, in 1968, barricades were erected in the streets of Paris for the first time since the Paris Commune of nearly one hundred years before. The events of May 1968 began with student protests against the Vietnam War and American imperialism but quickly expanded to rebellion over student living conditions and resistance to capitalist consumerism. An uprising at the Sorbonne was followed by wildcat strikes across France that united students and workers and brought the country's economy to a halt. There have been many accounts of these events. This book tells the story in a different way, through the graffiti inscribed by protestors as they protested."--Provided by publisher |
Analysis |
SOCIAL SCIENCES/Political Science/Political & Social Theory |
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HUMANITIES/History |
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CULTURAL STUDIES/General |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-202) |
Notes |
Online resource; title from digital title page (ProQuest Ebook Central, viewed January 31, 2019) |
Subject |
Riots -- France -- History -- 20th century
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General Strike, France, 1968.
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Student movements -- France -- Paris -- History -- 20th century
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Graffiti -- France -- Pictorial works
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HISTORY -- Europe -- France.
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Graffiti
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Riots
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Student movements
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France
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France -- Paris
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Genre/Form |
History
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Pictorial works
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Illustrated works.
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Ouvrages illustrés.
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Form |
Electronic book
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Author |
McDonough, Tom, 1969- writer of foreword.
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Phillips, Whitney, 1983- writer of afterword.
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Vale, Henry, translator.
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ISBN |
9780262346795 |
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0262346796 |
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