LEADER 03515oam 22006613 450 001 9910787855703321 005 20240111230536.0 010 $a0-85745-683-0 024 7 $a10.1515/9780857456830 035 $a(CKB)2670000000546849 035 $a(EBL)1337800 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1337800 035 $a(DE-B1597)636496 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780857456830 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000546849 100 $a20160418d2004|||| uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe imaginary revolution $eParisian students and workers in 1968 /$fMichael Seidman 210 1$aNew York :$cBerghahn Books,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (x, 310 pages) $cillustrations, maps 225 1 $aInternational Studies in Social History ;$vv.5 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a1-57181-685-2 320 $aIncludes bibliography and index. 327 $tFrontmatter --$tCONTENTS --$tILLUSTRATIONS --$tACKNOWLEDGMENTS --$tABBREVIATIONS --$tINTRODUCTION May 1968?a Rupture? --$tChapter One SEX, DRUGS, AND REVOLUTION --$tChapter Two MAKING DESIRES REALITY --$tChapter Three INCENDIARY OCCUPATIONS --$tChapter Four WORKERS RESPOND --$tChapter Five THE SPECTACLE OF ORDER --$tCONCLUSION A Modest or Mythical May? --$tCHRONOLOGY --$tGLOSSARY --$tBIBLIOGRAPHY --$tINDEX 330 $aThe events of 1968 have been seen as a decisive turning point in the Western world. The author takes a critical look at ""May 1968"" and questions whether the events were in fact as ""revolutionary"" as French and foreign commentators have indicated. He concludes the student movement changed little that had not already been challenged and altered in the late fifties and early sixties. The workers' strikes led to fewer working hours and higher wages, but these reforms reflected the secular demands of the French labor movement. ""May 1968"" was remarkable not because of the actual transformatio 410 0$aInternational Studies in Social History 606 $aCollege students$xPolitical activity$xHistory$x20th century$xFrance 606 $aCollege students$xPolitical activity$zFrance$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRadicalism$xHistory$x20th century$xFrance 606 $aRadicalism$zFrance$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aRiots$xHistory$x20th century$xFrance$xParis 606 $aRiots$zFrance$zParis$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aWorking class$xPolitical activity$xHistory$x20th century$xFrance$xParis 606 $aWorking class$xPolitical activity$zFrance$zParis$xHistory$y20th century 606 $aHISTORY / Europe / France$2bisacsh 615 0$aCollege students$xPolitical activity$xHistory$x20th century$xFrance. 615 0$aCollege students$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 0$aRadicalism$xHistory$x20th century$xFrance. 615 0$aRadicalism$xHistory 615 0$aRiots$xHistory$x20th century$xFrance$xParis. 615 0$aRiots$xHistory 615 0$aWorking class$xPolitical activity$xHistory$x20th century$xFrance$xParis. 615 0$aWorking class$xPolitical activity$xHistory 615 7$aHISTORY / Europe / France. 676 $a944.3610836 700 $aSeidman$b Michael$0861656 801 0$bAU-PeEL 801 1$bAU-PeEL 801 2$bAU-PeEL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910787855703321 996 $aThe imaginary revolution$93864849 997 $aUNINA