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Record Nr.

UNINA9910970054203321

Autore

Horne Gerald

Titolo

Mau Mau in Harlem? : The U.S. and the Liberation of Kenya / / by G. Horne

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009

ISBN

9786612664717

9781282664715

1282664719

9780230101043

0230101046

Edizione

[1st ed. 2009.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (336 p.)

Collana

Contemporary Black History

Disciplina

967.62/03

Soggetti

Africa - History

America - History

Asia - History

United States - History

Race

History, Modern

African History

History of the Americas

Asian History

US History

Race and Ethnicity Studies

Modern History

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.