Revolution in the Air
Sixties Radicals Turn to Lenin, Mao and Che
Published on 17. October 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
380 pages
978-1-84467-563-0 (ISBN)
Description
Revolution in the Air is the definitive study of how radicals from the sixties movements embraced twentieth-century Marxism, and what movements of dissent today can learn from the legacies of Lenin, Mao and Che.
Reviews / Votes
It should be required reading for those interested in the modern history of social movements and for radicals of my generation who are trying to find out what went wrong. * Los Angeles Times * The breadth of Elbaum's knowledge ... marks this book as an absolutely first-rate work of political scholarship. * Village Voice * Truly a superb work of scholarship that raises all the right questions ... * Radical History * If you still believe sixties radicalism was nothing more than youthful middle-class confusion or parochial identity politics, then open these pages and dig. -- Robin D. G. KelleyMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 211 mm
Width: 142 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
476 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84467-563-0 (9781844675630)
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Schweitzer Classification
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Previous edition
Book
06/2002
Verso Books
€44.80
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Person
Max Elbaum was a member of Students for a Democratic Society and a leader of one of the main new communist movement organisations. His writings have appeared in the Nation and the Guardian, among others.