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<p>1968 saw protest movements in Prague, Paris, Berlin, Rome and many other places across Europe, and today stands as the defining year in a tumultuous period for the continent. This groundbreaking book serves as a concise reference on the intellectual avantgardes, counter-cultures, and protest movements of the 1960s and 1970s in Western and Eastern Europe. It traces the history of the various protest movements and the plethora of national experiences with respect to domestic and transnational cultures of dissent, the transnational aspects of these movements, and the common narratives and cultures of memory surrounding them.<br> </p> <p><b>About the Author:</b><br> Martin Klimke is a research fellow at the Heidelberg Center for American Studies (HCA) at the University of Heidelberg, Germany and is currently a visiting fellow at the German Historical Institute, Washington, D.C.<br> </p> <p><b>About the Author:</b><br> Joachim Scharloth is an assistant professor in the Department of German at the University of Zurich, Switzerland and visiting professor at the University of Freiburg, Germany</p>