General Editor's introduction
Introduction: George Padmore, the man at the centre
1. ‘Misery laid bare’
2. ‘Generals without an army’
3. Writing while the bombs fall
4. ‘A constant stream’
5. Strategist, publicist
6. Acts of betrayal
7. Their own histories
Sources
Index
Carol Polsgrove is Professor Emeritus at the School of Journalism, Indiana University, Bloomington
Carol Polsgrove possesses an acute historical intelligence...Her
knowledge of black politics, and of the journalistic practices in
which race politics was articulated, runs deep. Her new volume,
which appears under the imprint of Manchester University Press's
important, lively, and ever-expanding “Studies in Imperialism”
series, takes a wider conspectus.
Bill Schwarz, American Historical Review
excellent book…invaluable.
Reviews in History
a novel approach to both black British histories and the histories
of anti-imperialism and pan-Africanism.
20th Century British History
provides valuable new information on the relationship between these
writers, their diverging opinions, and the personal antagonisms
that grew up between them over decades….As a journalist herself,
Polsgrove pays attention to the practical details of relations
between agents, publishers, and editors – an aspect of writing that
she notes is too often ignored in intellectual histories.
The Journal of African History
This is a dramatic story to tell, and Polsgrove’s steady hand does
it justice….She demonstrates, as no one before her has done, the
degree to which anticolonialism was a politics founded on the
medium of the written word: the movement of cyclostyled sheets, on
cheap paper, from dingy London workshops to distant, tropical
locales offers a suitably subaltern rendering of empire, allowing
us to focus on what generally remains unseen or overly
abstract.
American Historical Review
This book tirelessly traces the development of this publishing
community, from its origins during the U.S. and Comintern years of
Padmore up to the time of Ghana’s independence, when the name of
Gold Coast was changed to Ghana, on 6 March 1957. As clearly shown,
this publication goes a long way toward extending the knowledge of
its readers, researchers, and classroom users, especially where
social movements, history, diasporic studies, and other useful
subject areas are concerned. It is highly recommended.
Africa Today
Clearly narrated and based on an impressive range and volume of
sources, this book contributes to the recent wave of research which
is concerned with the transnational dimension of black
movements.
English Historical Review
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