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Author:

Dunstan, Sarah C., author.

Title:

Race, rights and reform : Black activism in the French Empire and the United States from World War I to the Cold War / Sarah C. Dunstan (Queen Mary University of London).

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xii, 317 pages ; 24 cm

Subject:

Black people--History--France--History--20th century.
African Americans--Political activity.
Black people--History--France--History--20th century.
Black people--History--French-speaking countries--History--20th century.
African Americans--History--History--20th century.
Black people--Intellectual life--20th century.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
France--History--History--20th century.
United States--History--History--20th century.
France--Relations--United States.
United States--Relations--France.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 284-308) and index.

Contents:

Black is a country, n'est-ce pas? Race, rights and nation in the Wilsonian moment -- Anti-imperial comrades : Black radicalism and the communist possibility -- La vogue nègre : racial renaissance at the intersection of republic, empire and democracy -- Civilization's gone to hell? Revolutionary poetry, humanism and the crisis of sovereignty -- Give me liberty! : Black intellectual struggles against fascism in the fight for democracy -- 'A new fascism, the American brand' : anti-communism, anti-imperialism and the struggle for the West -- 'The sword of Damocles' : présence Africaine and decolonization in the face of the Cold War.

Series:

Global and international history

ISBN:

1108486975
9781108486972

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1258040341

LCCN:

2021026828

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)