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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825469003321

Autore

Horne Gerald

Titolo

Mau Mau in Harlem? : the U.S. and the liberation of Kenya / / by Gerald Horne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, NY, : Palgrave Macmillan, c2009

ISBN

1-282-66471-9

9786612664717

0-230-10104-6

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Black history

Disciplina

967.62/03

Soggetti

National liberation movements - Kenya - History - 20th century

African Americans - Attitudes - History - 20th century

African Americans - Kenya - History - 20th century

Racism - Kenya - History - 20th century

Racism - United States - History - 20th century

Kenya History Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960 Participation, African American

United States Relations Kenya

Kenya Relations United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Into Africa -- A British colony? -- A dangerous neighborhood -- Catastrophe looms -- Race war? -- Colonialism confronted -- Mau Mau looms -- State of emergency 20 -- "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.

Sommario/riassunto

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.