James George Padmore and Decolonization from Below

Pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the End of Empire
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-137-35202-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan UK
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 274 Seiten

Reihe: Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies

This book argues that the rising tide of anti-colonialism after the 1930s should be considered a turning point not just in harnessing a new mood or feeling of unity, but primarily as one that viewed empire, racism, and economic degradation as part of a system that fundamentally required the application of strategy to their destruction.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

James, L.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Artful Anti-Colonialist 1. Origins: 'The Most Completely Political Negro' 2. Putting Empire in Black and White: Padmore's Ideas about Race and Empire 3. 'The Long, Long Night is Over': A War of Opportunity? 4. Writing Anti-Imperial Solidarity from London: George Padmore's Colonial Journalism, 1940-1951 5. The Psychological Moment: The Colonial Office, Pan-Africanism, and the Problem of the Soviet Union, 1946-1950 6. A Buttress for the 'Beacon Light' 7. The Era of Padmore the 'Outsider': Nation, Diaspora, and Modernity, 1950-1956 8. Ghana, Death, and the Afterlife Conclusion: 'The Soliloquy of Africa'

Über Autor(innen)

Leslie James is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of African Studies and
Anthropology, University of Birmingham. Prior to this, she was Lecturer in World History at the
University of Cambridge. Other publications include the forthcoming volume,, co-edited with Elisabeth Leake.