George Padmore and decolonization from below : pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the end of empire /: pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the end of empire. (2014)
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- Book
- Title:
- George Padmore and decolonization from below : pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the end of empire /: pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the end of empire. (2014)
- Main Title:
- George Padmore and decolonization from below : pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the end of empire
- Further Information:
- Note: Leslie James, Lecturer in World History, University of Cambridge, UK.
- Authors:
- James, Leslie, 1980-
- Contents:
- Introduction: the artful anti-colonialist -- Origins: "The most completely political Negro" -- Putting empire in black and white: Padmore's ideas about race and empire -- "The long, long night is over": a war of opportunity? -- Writing anti-imperial solidarity from London: George Padmore's colonial journalism, 1940-1951 -- The psychological moment: the Colonial Office, pan-Africanism, and the problem of the Soviet Union, 1946-1950 -- A buttress for the "beacon light" -- The era of Padmore the "outsider": nation, diaspora, and modernity, 1950-1956 -- Ghana, death, and the afterlife -- Conclusion: "The soliloquy of Africa."
- Publisher Details:
- Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan
- Publication Date:
- 2014
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 320.54096
Nationalism -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
Decolonization -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
Pan-Africanism -- History -- 20th century
African diaspora
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference
Biography: historical, political & military
Nationalism
National liberation & independence, post-colonialism
African diaspora
Decolonization
Nationalism
Pan-Africanism
Biography: historical, political & military
Nationalism
National liberation & independence, post-colonialism
History
Africa -- History
Africa
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781137352026
1137352027 - Related ISBNs:
- 9781137352019
1137352019 - Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references.
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