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Mau Mau in Harlem? : The U.S. and the Liberation of Kenya / by G. Horne.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Horne, Gerald.
Series:
Contemporary Black History
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Africa--History.
Africa.
America--History.
America.
Asia--History.
Asia.
United States--History.
United States.
Race.
History, Modern.
African History.
History of the Americas.
Asian History.
US History.
Race and Ethnicity Studies.
Modern History.
Local Subjects:
African History.
History of the Americas.
Asian History.
US History.
Race and Ethnicity Studies.
Modern History.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (336 p.)
Edition:
1st ed. 2009.
Place of Publication:
New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Language Note:
English
Summary:
Based on archival research on three continents, this book addresses the interpenetration of two closely related movements: the struggle against white supremacy and Jim Crow in the U.S., and the struggle against similar forces and for national liberation in Colonial Kenya.
Contents:
Into Africa
A British colony?
A dangerous neighborhood
Catastrophe looms
Race war?
Colonialism confronted
Mau Mau looms
State of emergency 20
"Mau Mau"
The U.S. Arms the settlers?
"Mau Mau"?to Little Rock
Labor will rule?
Working class hero?
A new frontier? In Africa?
Colonialism retreating?
Liberation looms
Mau Mau in Harlem.
Notes:
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
ISBN:
9786612664717
9781282664715
1282664719
9780230101043
0230101046
OCLC:
748359968

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