Imaginary Revolution

Michael Seidman received his Ph.D. from the University of Amsterdam. He is the author of Workers against Work: Labor in Barcelona and Paris during the Popular Fronts, (1991) which has been translated into six languages, Republic of Egos: A Social History of the Spanish Civil War, (2002) (Spanish translation, 2003) and The Victorious Counterrevolution: The Nationalist Effort in the Spanish Civil War, (2011) (Spanish translation, 2012). His articles have appeared in British, American, Spanish, French, German, and Chinese journals. He has taught at Rutgers University and currently teaches at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington

CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC BOOK OF THE YEAR 2005"Seidman’s work is a solid and detailed piece of research based on the most diverse sources and especially on new institutional archives that allow a greatly nuanced assessment, even a refutation of many received ideas about the events of May 1968."  ·  Le Débat“[the book] offers a meticulous and appropriately dispassionate account of the French events of May 1968. Contributing to a more complete picture of what occurred, the book would be worthwhile reading in courses on comparative experiences of the 1960s.”  ·   Journal of Modern History"All and all, this is a terrific book written in a lively narrative. Seidman provides us with a breadth and depth of knowledge and a balanced analysis that make his version of May 1968 usable for scholarly study as well as for the classroom."  ·  H-France Review

• List of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsList of AbbreviationsIntroduction: May 1968—a Rupture?Chapter 1. Sex, Drugs, and RevolutionChapter 2. Making Desires RealityChapter 3. Incendiary OccupationsChapter 4. Workers RespondChapter 5. The Spectacle of OrderConclusion: A Modest or Mythical May?ChronologyGlossaryBibliographyIndex