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In search of power : African Americans in the era of decolonization, 1956-1974 / Brenda Gayle Plummer.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Plummer, Brenda Gayle, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African Americans--Civil rights.
- African Americans.
- Decolonization--Africa.
- Decolonization.
- African Americans--Relations with Africans--History.
- African diaspora--History.
- African diaspora.
- United States--Foreign relations--Africa.
- United States.
- Africa--Foreign relations--United States.
- Africa.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vii, 372 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In Search of Power is a history of the era of civil rights, decolonization and Black Power. In the critical period from 1956 to 1974, the emergence of newly independent states worldwide and the struggles of the civil rights movement in the United States exposed the limits of racial integration and political freedom. Dissidents, leaders and elites alike were linked in a struggle for power in a world where the rules of the game had changed. Brenda Gayle Plummer traces the detailed connections between African Americans' involvement in international affairs and how they shaped American foreign policy, integrating African American history, the history of the African Diaspora and the history of United States foreign relations. These topics, usually treated separately, not only offer a unified view of the period but also reassess controversies and events that punctuated this colorful era of upheaval and change.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: Introduction; 1. A great restlessness; 2. Peace or a sword?; 3. 'Freedom's struggle crosses oceans and mountains'; 4. Meeting Odinga; 5. When race doesn't matter; 6. Embracing the globe; 7. Race, space, and displacement; 8. Africa and liberation; 9. Agenda setting on two continents; Conclusion.
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-139-85410-0
- 1-107-23595-2
- 1-139-84266-8
- 1-139-84028-2
- 1-139-84502-0
- 1-107-25453-1
- 1-139-14939-3
- 1-283-83605-X
- 1-139-84147-5
- OCLC:
- 818883397
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