Rising Wind Black Americans and U. S. Foreign Affairs, 1935-1960

Name: Rising Wind Black Americans and U. S. Foreign Affairs, 1935-1960
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ISBN: 9780807845752

ISBN-10: 0807845752

ISBN-13: 9780807845752

Edition: 1996

Authors: Brenda Gayle Plummer

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African Americans have a long history of active involvement and interest in international affairs, but their efforts have been largely ignored by scholars of American foreign policy. Gayle Plummer brings a new perspective to the study of twentieth-century American history with her analysis of black Americans' engagement with international issues, from the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 through the wave of African independence movements of the early 1960s. Plummer first examines how collective definitions of ethnic identity, race, and racism have influenced African American views on foreign affairs. She then probes specific developments in the international arena that galvanized the…

Book details

List price: $47.50
Copyright year: 1996
Publisher: University of North Carolina Press
Publication date: 6/24/1996
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 442
Size: 6.12" wide x 9.25" long x 0.98" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Brenda Gayle Plummer is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Rising Wind: Black Americans and U.S. Foreign Affairs, 1935-1960.



Acknowledgments


Abbreviations


Introduction



Race, Ethnicity, and U.S. Foreign Policy



Dictatorship and Democracy



World War II



Peace without Justice



Into the Cold War



The Long Thaw



A New Era


Conclusion


Notes


Selected Bibliography


Index