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Author:

James, Leslie, 1980- author.

Title:

George Padmore and decolonization from below : pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the end of empire / Leslie James, Lecturer in World History, University of Cambridge, UK.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

x, 274 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Subject:

Padmore, George,--1902-1959.
Nationalism--Africa--History--20th century.
Decolonization--Africa--History--20th century.
Pan-Africanism--History--20th century.
Africa--History.
African diaspora.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-269) and index.

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".

Series:

Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series

ISBN:

1137352019
9781137352019

OCLC:

(OCoLC)881655900

LCCN:

2014025887

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)