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The book is a new, revisionist account of Sixties protest movements in West Germany. It challenges established narratives centring male intellectuals by foregrounding families, private lives, women, and old people. Worked from a wealth of new archival sources, the book argues that ''1968'' was just as much about gender conflict as it was about generational conflict--even if the former was often erased from public memory. The narrative follows three generations of Germans living in the provincial town of Bonn through the turbulent years of the late 1960s. It offers a genuine social history of the period, decentring the story of West Germany''s 68 socially, geographically, and generationally. The five chapters cover the Shah of Iran''s visit to Bonn and Berlin, the role of the Nazi past in framing generational differences, experiences of old people around ''1968'', the female dimension of the protests, and the sexual revolution. The book situates the West German case within the global an

The Other 68

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      Publisher Oxford University Press
      Published 1 January 2024
      ISBN-13 9780192897558
      978-0192897558
      ISBN-10 192897551
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      European history: medieval period, middle ages

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The book is a new, revisionist account of Sixties protest movements in West Germany. It challenges established narratives centring male intellectuals by foregrounding families, private lives, women, and old people. Worked from a wealth of new archival sources, the book argues that ''1968'' was just as much about gender conflict as it was about generational conflict--even if the former was often erased from public memory. The narrative follows three generations of Germans living in the provincial town of Bonn through the turbulent years of the late 1960s. It offers a genuine social history of the period, decentring the story of West Germany''s 68 socially, geographically, and generationally. The five chapters cover the Shah of Iran''s visit to Bonn and Berlin, the role of the Nazi past in framing generational differences, experiences of old people around ''1968'', the female dimension of the protests, and the sexual revolution. The book situates the West German case within the global an

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