Black Power in Bermuda [[electronic resource] ] : The Struggle for Decolonization / / by Q. Swan
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| Autore: |
Swan Q
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| Titolo: |
Black Power in Bermuda [[electronic resource] ] : The Struggle for Decolonization / / by Q. Swan
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| 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.: | 9910785156403321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Contemporary Black History