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Record Nr.

UNINA9910960501003321

Autore

Hazard Anthony Q

Titolo

Postwar Anti-Racism : The United States, UNESCO, and "Race," 1945-1968 / / by Anthony Q. Hazard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2012

ISBN

9781349434411

1349434418

9781283867955

1283867958

9781137003843

1137003847

Edizione

[1st ed. 2012.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (267 p.)

Disciplina

305.80097309045

973.93

Soggetti

World history

Social history

America - History

Civilization - History

United States - History

History, Modern

World History, Global and Transnational History

Social History

History of the Americas

Cultural History

US History

Modern History

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.