George Padmore and Decolonization from Below: Pan-Africanism, the Cold War, and the End of Empire (Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies) - Hardcover

James, L.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1137352019 ISBN 13: 9781137352019

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan, 2014

Synopsis

This book argues that the rising tide of anti-colonialism after the 1930s should be considered a turning point not just in harnessing a new mood or feeling of unity, but primarily as one that viewed empire, racism, and economic degradation as part of a system that fundamentally required the application of strategy to their destruction.

About this title

About the Author:

Leslie James is Leverhulme Early Career Fellow in the Department of African Studies and
Anthropology, University of Birmingham. Prior to this, she was Lecturer in World History at the
University of Cambridge. Other publications include the forthcoming volume, Decolonization
and the Cold War: Negotiating Independence, co-edited with Elisabeth Leake.

Review:

'One cannot read this book without understanding the complexities of George Padmore as it successfully weaves his extraordinary political life, reviews his prodigious political journalism and details some of the deep personal relationships he had. This is the finest historical scholarship to date on George Padmore.'

- Anthony Bogues, Lyn Crost Professor of Social Sciences and Critical Theory, Brown University

'George Padmore is a fascinating figure whose life and thought bear on many of the most important aspects of modern history: race, radical anti-colonialism, the end of empire and the role of the USSR. Leslie James's book is a major contribution to British, imperial and world history.'

- C. A. Bayly, Professor Emeritus, University of Cambridge, and Professor, Queen Mary, University of London

' a full and nuanced account of the remarkable life and career of George Padmore, including his importance to the notable international network of black intellectuals from the 1920s to 1950s, and, in particular, his intellectual and political contribution to the development of both anti-colonial nationalism in Africa through his relationship to such key figures as Jomo Kenyatta, Nnamdi Azikiwe and Kwame Nkrumah, and the still illusive goal of a transformative Pan-Africanism.'

- Bruce Berman, Professor Emeritus, Queen's University, Canada

About this edition

• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1137352019
• ISBN 13: 9781137352019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 284