Decolonizing 1968 : Transnational Student Activism in Tunis, Paris, and Dakar / Burleigh Hendrickson.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: Ithaca, New York : Cornell University Press, 2022Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2022Copyright date: ©2022Description: 1 online resource (258 pages): illustrations (black and white)Content type:
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  • 9781501766244
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Contents:
Prologue : An (In)Tense Reflection -- Introduction : 1968 in Postcolonial Time and Space -- Colonialism, Intellectual Migration, and the New African University -- Tunis : Student Protest, Transnational Activism, and Human Rights -- Paris : Bringing the Third World to the Metropole -- Dakar : The "Other" May '68 -- From Student to Worker Protest in Tunisia -- Immigrant Activism and Activism for Immigrants in France -- The Birth of Political Pluralism in Senegal -- Conclusion : Toward a Decolonial Order of Things.
Summary: "Traces the historical relationships between colonialism and 1968 activism, examining both the transnational networks that emerged and the new human and immigrants' rights initiatives that followed in their wake, and reveals 1968 not merely as a flashpoint in the history of left-wing protest but as a turning point in the history of decolonization"-- Provided by publisher.
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Prologue : An (In)Tense Reflection -- Introduction : 1968 in Postcolonial Time and Space -- Colonialism, Intellectual Migration, and the New African University -- Tunis : Student Protest, Transnational Activism, and Human Rights -- Paris : Bringing the Third World to the Metropole -- Dakar : The "Other" May '68 -- From Student to Worker Protest in Tunisia -- Immigrant Activism and Activism for Immigrants in France -- The Birth of Political Pluralism in Senegal -- Conclusion : Toward a Decolonial Order of Things.

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"Traces the historical relationships between colonialism and 1968 activism, examining both the transnational networks that emerged and the new human and immigrants' rights initiatives that followed in their wake, and reveals 1968 not merely as a flashpoint in the history of left-wing protest but as a turning point in the history of decolonization"-- Provided by publisher.

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