![]() ![]() Kurlansky's account of the dissident movement in Poland, for instance, describes the political controversy created by the production of Adam Mickiewicz's emotional play, Dziady (pp. ![]() He does this with verve and colorful detail. Kurlansky's book offers a chronological tour through the hot spots of rebellion in 1968 to illustrate the "combustion of rebellious spirits around the world" (p. In his introduction, Kurlansky explains: "What was unique about 1968 was that people were rebelling over disparate issues and had in common only that desire to rebel, ideas about how to do it, a sense of alienation from the established order, and a profound distaste for authoritarianism in any form" (p. He focuses on the phenomenon of popular rebellion across societies and cultures. Mark Kurlansky's new book joins a growing literature that examines the history of the 1960s, and 1968 in particular, from a global perspective. Remembering the Emotions and Images of 1968 Reviewed by Jeremi Suri (Department of History, University of Wisconsin-Madison) ![]()
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