Mau mau in Harlem? The U.S. and the liberation of Kenya /
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.
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Literature type: | Electronic Software eBook |
Language: | English |
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Contemporary Black history |
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http://www.palgraveconnect.com/doifinder/10.1057/9780230101043 |
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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. "This is a fast-moving, readable account - - stunningly well-researched in a wide range of archives on three continents - - of hitherto little-known connections between the United States in general, and African-Americans in particular, with the history of the colonization and then liberation of Kenya." - John Lonsdale, Fellow of Trinity College and Emeritus University Professor of Modern African History, University of Cambridge. |
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Electronic book text. Originally published in: 2009. |
Carrier Form: | 336 p. |
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9780230615632 9780230101043 : 0230101046 : |
CLC: | K424.4 |
Contents: | Introduction * Into Africa * A British Colony? * A Dangerous Neighborhood * Catastrophe Looms * Race War? * Colonialism Confronted * Mau Mau Looms * State of Emergency * "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? |