Prelude to Revolution: France in May 1968

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Prelude to Revolution is an essential history of the May 1968 protests and upheaval in France, during which French workers staged the first wildcat general strike in history and the largest general strike to this day. Daniel Singer discusses how these actions changed the world. Prelude to Revolution is the indispensable study of May 1968. Many generations have looked to older editions of this book for inspiration. Singer was widely considered the most adept interpreter of European politics for American audiences. He shows here how change happens - and why it is needed.

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Prelude to Revolution is an essential history of the May 1968 protests and upheaval in France, during which French workers staged the first wildcat general strike in history and the largest general strike to this day. Daniel Singer discusses how these actions changed the world. Prelude to Revolution is the indispensable study of May 1968. Many generations have looked to older editions of this book for inspiration. Singer was widely considered the most adept interpreter of European politics for American audiences. He shows here how change happens - and why it is needed.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 504
Edition: Second
Publisher: HAYMARKET BOOKS
Published: 09 May 2013
ISBN 10: 1608462730
ISBN 13: 9781608462735
Book Overview: Promotion targeting labor periodicals Ads in various labor history conferences Advertising in The Nation, The Progressive Features will be sought out from Labor Notes, Monthly Review, and other publications which regularly cover labor issues

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If Marx had been living in Paris during May 1968, he might have written this book. New Republic An intimate and intricate account of the events in Paris by one who knew almost every cobblestone in the Latin Quarter. Michael Foot Daniel Singer is the left's most brilliant arsonist. He sets ablaze whole forests of dessicated cliches about the end of history' and the triumph of the market' in order to light the way forward for the next generation of radical thinkers and activists. -- Mike Davis Daniel Singer is the premier progressive interpreter of European affairs. His courageous vision and sophisticated analysis gives us hope even in this ice age of fashionable neoliberalism and conservatism. -- Cornel West I can think of no journalist more versed, more hip to what is happening in Europe today than Daniel Singer. -- Studs Terkel
If Marx had been living in Paris during May 1968, he might have written this book. -New Republic An intimate and intricate account of the events in Paris by one who knew almost every cobblestone in the Latin Quarter. -Michael Foot Daniel Singer is the left's most brilliant arsonist. He sets ablaze whole forests of dessicated cliches about the end of history' and the triumph of the market' in order to light the way forward for the next generation of radical thinkers and activists. -- Mike Davis Daniel Singer is the premier progressive interpreter of European affairs. His courageous vision and sophisticated analysis gives us hope even in this ice age of fashionable neoliberalism and conservatism. -- Cornel West I can think of no journalist more versed, more hip to what is happening in Europe today than Daniel Singer. -- Studs Terkel

Author Bio

Daniel Singer (September 26, 1926 December 2, 2000) was a socialist writer and journalist. He was best known for his articles for The Nation in the United States and for The Economist in Britain, serving for decades as a European correspondent for each magazine. Gore Vidal described Singer as one of the best, and certainly the sanest, interpreters of things European for American readers , with a Balzacian eye for human detail.