The Global 1960s

Convention, contest and counterculture

By: Tamara Chaplin, Jadwiga E. Pieper Mooney

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Paperback | 24 July 2017 | Edition Number 1

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Providing a counterpoint to the familiar sites and chronologies of this decade such as the Vietnam War and China's Cultural Revolution, The Global 1960s presents untold narratives and themes from around the world in order to de-centre the role played by Europe and the United States in both scholarship on and popular memories of the sixties. Geographically and chronologically broad, this volume scrutinizes the concept of "the sixties" as defined in both Western and non-Western contexts, providing scope for a set of analyses that together span the late 1950s to the early 1970s. Written by a diverse and international team of contributors, chapters cover topics ranging from student movements in Tunisia and Senegal, the Naxalite movement in West Bengal, the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the sexual revolution in France, Cold War politics in Hong Kong cinema and the New Left activist Herbert Marcuse. The Global 1960s explores the contest between convention and counter-culture that shaped this iconic decade, emphasizing that while the sixties are well-known for liberation, activism and protest against the establishment, traditional hierarchies and social norms remained remarkably entrenched. Multi-faceted and transnational in approach, this book is valuable reading for all students and scholars of twentieth-century global history.

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"Our memory of the 1960s, unlike the events of the decade itself, has been provincial, focusing on a rather small number of activist groups and urban centers. And yet, from the most intimate forms of sexuality to the most public of geopolitical transformations, this was a period of global entanglement and exchange. This outstanding collection of essays show how a truly global account can enrich our understanding of the 1960s by placing themes of transnational circulation, international organization, and decolonization at the center of the story."

James Chappel, Duke University, USA

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