The Third World in the Global 1960s [Paperback]

Decades after the massive student protest movements that consumed much of the world, the 1960s remain a significant subject of scholarly inquiry. While important work has been done regarding radical activism in the United States and Western Europe, events in what is today known as the Global SouthAsia, Africa, and Latin Americahave yet to receive the attention they deserve. This volume inserts the Third World into the study of the 1960s by examining the local and international articulations of youth protest in various geographical, social, and cultural arenas. Rejecting the notion that the Third World existed on the periphery, it situates the events of the 1960s in a more inclusive context, building a richer, more nuanced understanding of the era that better reflects the dynamism of the period.

Samantha Christiansenis an Assistant Professor of History and Director of Women's Studies at Marywood University. She received her Ph.D. in History from Northeastern University and is a specialist in South Asian and World History with an interest in social movements, urban history and gender.

Zachary Scarlettis an Assistant Professor of History at Butler University. He received his Ph.D. from Northeastern University. Zachary focuses on modern Chinese history, with a specific interest in Maoist society. His current project examines the ways in which the Global Sixties was understood in Maoist China during the Cultural Revolution. ?

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Historians of the burgeoning field of the global 1960s will welcome the contributions the volume makes. Choice

The wide ranging analytical span offered by this volume, is most gratifying, resulting in a truly successful global historical undertaking. Neue Politische Literatur

Essential reading for all scholars of the global 1960s. Christiansen and Scarlett have brought together an extraordinary group ol3^