The following overview, beginning with the death of the German student Benno Ohnesorg in mid-1967 and ending with the legendary Woodstock Festival in mid-1969, presents some major events of the world-wide protest movement. This overview lays no claim to being either a complete chronicle of the international movement of the time or a detailed documentation of the developments of the sixties and seventies. It is meant to serve only as a rough survey of the world-wide revolt.
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- Norbert Frei: 1968. Jugendrevolte und globaler Protest, München 2008.
- Martin Klimke /Joachim Scharloth: 1968 in Europe - A History of Protest and Activism, 1956-77, New York/London 2008.
- Wolfgang Kraushaar: Die Protest-Chronik 1949-1959, Band I-IV, Ein Projekt des Hamburger Instituts für Sozialforschung. Hamburg 1996.
- Wolfgang Kraushaar: 1968. Das Jahr, das alles verändert hat, München 1998.
- Ronald Fraser: 1968. A Student Generation in Revolt. An International Oral History, New York 1988.
- Mark Kurlansky: 1968. Das Jahr, das die Welt veränderte, Köln 2005
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The following overview, beginning with the death of the German student Benno Ohnesorg in mid-1967 and ending with the legendary Woodstock Festival in mid-1969, presents some major events of the world-wide protest movement. This overview lays no claim to being either a complete chronicle of the international movement of the time or a detailed documentation of the developments of the sixties and seventies. It is meant to serve only as a rough survey of the world-wide revolt.
