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Autore: | Swan Q |
Titolo: | Black Power in Bermuda [[electronic resource] ] : The Struggle for Decolonization / / by Q. Swan |
Pubblicazione: | New York : , : Palgrave Macmillan US : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2009 |
Edizione: | 1st ed. 2009. |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (263 p.) |
Disciplina: | 323.097299 |
Soggetto topico: | Social history |
Civilization—History | |
America—History | |
Imperialism | |
History, Modern | |
Social History | |
Cultural History | |
History of the Americas | |
Imperialism and Colonialism | |
Modern History | |
Soggetto geografico: | Bermuda Islands Race relations History 20th century |
Bermuda Islands History Autonomy and independence movements | |
Bermuda Islands Politics and government 20th century | |
Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Nota di contenuto: | Introduction: The truth is an offense : Black power in a British colony -- Negroes dressed in insolence : boycotts, Black Muslims, and racial uprisings (1959-1968) -- Another unknown soldier : Pauulu -- A Bermuda Triangle of imperialism -- Blueprint for freedom : the 1969 Black Power Conference -- Wake the town and tell the people : the Black Beret Cadre emerges -- The empire strikes back : the government's war against the Berets -- We don't need no water : the Cadre burns the Union Jack -- Robin Hood was Black in my hood : "Buck" Burrows and the assassinations (1972-1977) -- Conclusion: Babylon gave them a ride : Blackness in contemporary Bermuda. |
Sommario/riassunto: | This book examines the impact of Black Power on the British colony of Bermuda, where the 1972-73 assassinations of its British Police Commissioner and Governor reflected the Movement's denouncement of British imperialism and the island's racist and oligarchic society. |
Titolo autorizzato: | Black Power in Bermuda |
ISBN: | 1-282-76522-1 |
9786612765223 | |
0-230-10218-2 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910812381503321 |
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