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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
Published Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

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Description 1 online resource
Series Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series
Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series.
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."
Summary The consolidation of anti-colonial and anti-racist movements in the first half of the twentieth century is often described through a narrative of 'moments' and 'moods'. Tempering this tendency, this book emphasizes that the rising tide of anti-colonialism and anti-racism 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. The book traces George Padmore's politics through the ongoing influence of the Caribbean and the legacy of the Garvey movement; the international communist movement and Soviet decolonization; debates about fascism and colonialism; the new 'reform' rhetoric apparent in the Second World War; the beginnings of the Cold War; and post-war African politics that confronted a wealth of new dynamics including independent Ghana, apartheid South Africa, and the Mau Mau Emergency. The book shows that within the ideas and political practice of this forthright man lie a number of common questions about the circulation of ideas, the shape of black radical thought, and the weight of Cold War politics within the modern history of European imperialism and the end of empire
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Subject Padmore, George, 1902-1959.
SUBJECT Padmore, George, 1902-1959 fast
Subject Nationalism -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
Decolonization -- Africa -- History -- 20th century
Pan-Africanism -- History -- 20th century
African diaspora.
Biography: historical, political & military.
Nationalism.
National liberation & independence, post-colonialism.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Essays.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- National.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Reference.
African diaspora
Decolonization
Nationalism
Pan-Africanism
Biography: historical, political & military.
Nationalism.
National liberation & independence, post-colonialism.
History.
SUBJECT Africa -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001556
Subject Africa
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781137352026
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