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Author:

Stephens, Michelle Ann, 1969-

Title:

Black empire : the masculine global imaginary of Caribbean intellectuals in the United States, 1914-1962 / Michelle Ann Stephens.

Publisher:

Duke University Press,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

xii, 366 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Garvey, Marcus,--1887-1940--Political and social views.
McKay, Claude,--1890-1948--Political and social views.
James, C. L. R.--(Cyril Lionel Robert),--1901---Political and social views.
African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
Caribbean Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.
African American intellectuals--Biography.
African Americans--Race identity.
Masculinity--History--United States--History--20th century.
African Americans--Politics and government--20th century.
Black nationalism--History--20th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-352) and index.

Contents:

The new worldly Negro : sovereignty, revolutionary masculinity, and American internationalism -- The woman of color and the literature of a new Black world -- Marcus Garvey, Black emperor -- The Black star line and the Negro ship of state -- Claude McKay and Harlem, Black belt of the metropolis -- "Nationality doubtful" and Banjo's crew in Marseilles -- C.L.R. James and the fugitive slave in American civilization -- America is one island only : the Caribbean and American studies.

Series:

New Americanists

ISBN:

9780822335887 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
0822335883 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
9780822335511 (acid-free paper)
0822335514 (acid-free paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57613503

LCCN:

2005002678

Locations:

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

PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)