George Padmore and decolonization from below

• Verfasst von: James, Leslie [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: George Padmore and decolonization from below
• Titelzusatz: pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the end of empire
• Verf.angabe: Leslie James
• Verlagsort: Basingstoke ; New York
• Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan
• Jahr: 2015
• Umfang: x, 274 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 23 cm
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
• Fussnoten: Includes bibliographical references
• ISBN: 978-1-137-35201-9
• ISBN: 978-1-349-46906-2
• Schlagwörter: (p)Padmore, George / (g)Afrika / (s)Panafrikanismus / (s)Entkolonialisierung
• Sprache: eng
• RVK-Notation: NQ 9300
• RVK-Notation: MK 2700
• RVK-Notation: MK 6560
• K10plus-PPN: 796483884
• K10plus-PPN:
  Universitätsbibliothek
• SignaturUB: 2016 A 9255

Abstract

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