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Black star : African American activism in the international political economy / Ramla M. Bandele.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Bandele, Ramla M., 1949-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universal Negro Improvement Association--History.
- Universal Negro Improvement Association.
- African American businesspeople--History.
- African American businesspeople.
- African diaspora--History.
- African diaspora.
- Pan-Africanism--History.
- Pan-Africanism.
- History.
- African American political activists--History.
- African American political activists.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 230 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2008]
- Contents:
- A new take on an old term : operationalizing the diaspora concept
- An exploration of the relevant literature
- Still waters : understanding the political economy of the 1920s
- Home dock : United States and the BSL
- Charting the black Atlantic : the UNIA and its location in African-American politics
- Shipping politics : the case of the Black Star Line
- Stormy seas : government obstruction of BSL transnational goals
- Marooned : the rise and fall of the Black Star Line
- Clear waters : implications for the study of diasporas.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [211]-220) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780252033391
- 0252033396
- OCLC:
- 212409960
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