The mass protests that shook France in May 1968 were exciting,
dangerous, creative and influential, changing European politics to this
day. 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 those 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.
May Made Me : An Oral History of the 1968 Uprising in France - Mitchell Abidor
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