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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810109103321

Autore

Du Bois W. E. B (William Edward Burghardt), <1868-1963.>

Titolo

W.E.B. Du Bois on Asia : crossing the world color line / / edited by Bill V. Mullen and Cathryn Watson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, 2005

ISBN

1-283-43465-2

9786613434654

1-60473-708-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (245 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MullenBill <1959->

WatsonCathryn

Disciplina

305.8

Soggetti

Race relations

Racism

Imperialism

East and West

Asia Race relations

Asia Social conditions

United States Race relations

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

pt. 1. The color line belts the world -- pt. 2. Darkwater rising : Japan and the color of imperialism -- pt. 3. World War II and the anticolonial turn -- pt. 4. The east is red : revolution and resolutions.

Sommario/riassunto

After Japan's defeat of Russia in the 1904 territorial war, W. E. B. Du Bois declared, ""The Color Line in civilization has been crossed in modern times as it was in the great past. The awakening of the yellow races is certain. That the awakening of the brown and black races will follow in time, no unprejudiced student of history can doubt."" Du Bois's lifelong certitude that Asia would play a central role in determining the fates of races, nations, and world systems of power has not until now been made fully available. W. E. B. Du Bois on Asia captures in unprecedented detail Du Bois's first-