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"In Marseilles we remained calm"

the myths and realities of Marseilles's May 68

Anne-Laure Ollivier

pp. 217-230

Abstract

What sort of impact did May 68 have in Marseilles? The many historical accounts of the city make little mention of those weeks of spring 1968. When they are at all mentioned, they are generally portrayed as a non-event: nothing much happened of note in Marseilles in May–June 1968.1 Yet the city did experience its fair share of strikes and demonstrations, although, unlike the capital, there were no violent street protests. This is indeed surprising for a town reputed to be riotous and disorderly, where in the past acts of political violence, intensified by the Cold War, were relatively common.2

Publication details

Published in:

Jackson Julian, Milne Anna-Louise, Williams James (2011) May 68: rethinking France's last revolution. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Pages: 217-230

DOI: 10.1057/9780230319561_16

Full citation:

Ollivier Anne-Laure (2011) „"In Marseilles we remained calm": the myths and realities of Marseilles's May 68“, In: J. Jackson, A. Milne & J. Williams (eds.), May 68, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 217–230.