Memories of May ’68

France's Convenient Consensus

Chris Reynolds

ISBN: 9780708324172

eBook Download

(PDF)

£9.99

Disgrifiad

This book charts and analyses the emergence of the conventional representation of the French events of 1968 and argues that the dominance of this narrative, despite its limitations, stems from the convenience that such a consensus provides for those that have been pivotal in shaping the collective memory of this critical moment in recent history.