Bibliograph

George Padmore and decolonization from below, pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the end of empire, Leslie James

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George Padmore and decolonization from below, pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the end of empire, Leslie James

Language

eng

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Includes bibliographical references and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

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portraits

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

George Padmore and decolonization from below

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Leslie James

Series statement

Cambridge imperial and post-colonial studies series

Sub title

pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the end of empire

Table Of 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"

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