The Internal Colony : Race and the American Politics of Global Decolonization.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Klug, Sam.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African Americans--Intellectual life--20th century.

African Americans.

African Americans--Political activity--History--20th century.

Black nationalism--United States--History--20th century.

Black nationalism.

Black power--United States.

Black power.

Colonies.

Decolonization.

Internationalism.

World politics--1945-1989.

World politics.

United States--Politics and government--1945-1989.

United States.

United States--Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2025.

Summary:

An explication of how global decolonization provoked profound changes in American political theory and practice. In The Internal Colony, Sam Klug reveals the central but underappreciated importance of global decolonization to the divergence between mainstream liberalism and the Black freedom movement in postwar America. Klug reconsiders what has long been seen as a matter of primarily domestic policy in light of a series of debates concerning self-determination, postcolonial economic development, and the meanings of colonialism and decolonization. These debates deeply influenced the discord between Black activists and state policymakers and formed a crucial dividing line in national politics in the 1960s and 1970s. The result is a history that broadens our understanding of ideological formation—particularly how Americans conceptualized racial power and political economy—by revealing a much wider and more dynamic network of influences. Linking intellectual, political, and social movement history, The Internal Colony illuminates how global decolonization transformed the terms of debate over race and social class in the twentieth-century United States.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Introduction

1 The Crucible of Postwar Planning

2 The Tragic Joke of Trusteeship

3 Facing the Neocolonial Future

4 Development Politics from Other Shores

5 The Myth of the First New Nation

6 The War on Poverty and the Search for Indigenous Leadership

7 Welfare Colonialism and the Limits of Community Action

8 The Crisis of Vocabulary in the Black Freedom Movement

9 Pluralism and Colonialism in the Black Power Era

10 The Challenge of Decolonization in America

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Notes

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780226820521

0226820521

OCLC:

1484571758