1968: a Revolutionary Year in Photographs

A photographic exploration of the most revolutionary year of the twentieth century: 1968. Social unrest, political turmoil, and cultural upheaval: that is what comes to mind when most people think about 1968. That landmark year includes everything from the Summer of Love to the space missions that landed us on the moon, and this book captures it all in stunning images, taken by the most talented photographers of the time. Here are the shocking assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, hippies in Haight-Ashbury, global protests, and groundbreaking art, including epoch-making films like 2001: A Space Odyssey, the Broadway musical Hair, and some of the greatest music ever created by the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Joan Baez, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, Janis Joplin, Bob Dylan, and Jim Morrison. AUTHORS: Carlo Bata is an author, editor, and freelance translator. In addition to working with various Italian newspapers, he has taught Spanish and Literature at the Universita degli Studi di Napoli L'Orientale and has published biographies of various politicians of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Gianni Morelli has written novels, short stories, nonfiction, textbooks, and film synopses. He is one of the founding collaborators of the Italian ClupGuide series, and has edited books in the series for more than 20 years. Gianni has supervised several publications for White Star Publishers, including The 100 Photographs that Changed the World. SELLING POINTS: . Each photo includes an explanatory text that puts the event in context . The images are presented in chronological order colour and b/w photographs throughout