The darker nations : a people's history of the Third World / Vijay Prashad.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Prashad, Vijay.

Contributor:

ebrary, Inc.

Charles H. Maxson Fund.

Series:

New Press people's history

A New Press people's history

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

Developing countries--History.

Developing countries.

Cold War.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 364 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : New Press, 2008.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

In The Darker Nations, praised internationally by critics as a welcome antidote to apologists for empire, award-winning historian Vijay Prashad tells the story of how the Cold War created the Third World-at once a political project, an anti-imperialist utopian vision, and a galvanizing ideology that transcended geography. Bringing to life the giants of the movement like India's Nehru, Egypt's Nasser, and Indonesia's Sukarno, as well as crucial events such as the now-forgotten Brussels conclave of the League Against Imperialism and the launch of the Third World project in Bandung, Indonesia, in 1955, Prashad's paradigm-busting history brilliantly restores to memory the flawed but vibrant idea of the Third World.

Contents:

Quest. Paris ; Brussels ; Bandung ; Cairo ; Buenos Aires ; Tehran ; Belgrade ; Havana

Pitfalls. Algiers ; La Paz ; Bali ; Tawang ; Caracas ; Arusha

Assassinations. New Delhi ; Kingston ; Singapore ; Mecca.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [283]-347) and index.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Charles H. Maxson Fund.

ISBN:

159558563X

9781595585639

Publisher Number:

99959509451

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.