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Record Nr.

UNINA9910810659603321

Autore

Hazard Anthony Q

Titolo

Postwar anti-racism : the United States, UNESCO, and "race", 1945-1968 / / Anthony Q. Hazard Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012

ISBN

1-349-43441-8

1-283-86795-8

1-137-00384-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

305.80097309045

973.93

Soggetti

Anti-racism - United States - History - 20th century

United States Race relations History 20th century

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

Early postwar anti-racism: UNESCO in the 1940s -- Politics and science: UNSESCO studies "race" -- Unesco under fire: anti-communism and anti-racism -- Anti-racism and orientalism -- Resurgent black diaspora politics and UNESCO -- Radicalization and the collapse of postwar anti-racism.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores the discourse and practice of anti-racism in the first two decades following World War II, uncovering the ways scientific and cultural discourses of 'race' continued to circulate in the early period of contemporary globalization through the lens on UNESCO.