LEADER 03905nam 2200709Ia 450 001 9910958229203321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a9786613097422 010 $a9781283097420 010 $a1283097427 010 $a9780252090455 010 $a0252090454 035 $a(CKB)2550000000089079 035 $a(OCoLC)1086957816$z(OCoLC)741451027$z(OCoLC)785781184$z(OCoLC)816839836$z(OCoLC)923493197$z(OCoLC)961616524$z(OCoLC)962643217 035 $a(OCoLC)on1086957816 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10532338 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000543114 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11324884 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000543114 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10519541 035 $a(PQKB)11768358 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23780 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3413866 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10532338 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL309742 035 $a(OCoLC)923493197 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3413866 035 $a(Perlego)2382786 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000089079 100 $a20080226d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBlack star $eAfrican American activism in the international political economy /$fRamla M. Bandele 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aUrbana $cUniversity of Illinois Press$d2008 215 $a1 online resource (249 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9780252033391 311 08$a0252033396 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 211-220) and index. 327 $aA new take on an old term : operationalizing the diaspora concept -- An exploration of the relevant literature -- Still waters : understanding the political economy of the 1920's -- Home dock : United States and the BSL -- Charting the black Atlantic : the UNIA and its location in African-American politics -- Shipping politics : the case of the Black Star Line -- Stormy seas : government obstruction of BSL transnational goals -- Marooned : the rise and fall of the Black Star Line -- Clear waters : implications for the study of diasporas. 330 8 $aThis book describes how the first African American mass political organization was able to gain support from throughout the African diaspora to finance the Black Star Line, a black merchant marine that would form the basis of an enclave economy after World War I. Ramla M. Bandele explores the concept of diaspora itself and how it has been applied to the study of e?migre? and other ethnic networks. In characterizing the historical and political context of the Black Star Line, Bandele analyzes the international political economy during 1919-25 and considers the black politics of the era, focusing particularly on Marcus Garvey's Universal Negro Improvement Association for its creation of the Black Star Line. She offers an in-depth case study of the Black Star Line as an instance of the African diaspora attempting to link communities and carry out a transnational political and economic project. Arguing that ethnic networks can be legitimate actors in international politics and economics, Bandele also suggests, however, that activists in any given diaspora do not always function as a unit. 606 $aAfrican American businesspeople$xHistory 606 $aAfrican diaspora$xHistory 606 $aPan-Africanism$xHistory 606 $aAfrican American political activists$xHistory 615 0$aAfrican American businesspeople$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrican diaspora$xHistory. 615 0$aPan-Africanism$xHistory. 615 0$aAfrican American political activists$xHistory. 676 $a320.5/4 700 $aBandele$b Ramla M.$f1949-$01805716 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910958229203321 996 $aBlack star$94354472 997 $aUNINA