Benjamin Talton

In This Land of Plenty

Mickey Leland and Africa in American Politics

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

When Congressman Leland died in 1989, he was a 44r-year-old, charismatic, black, radical American. This edition presents Leland as the personification of international radicalism and examines African Americans' successes and failures in radically influencing U.S. foreign policy toward Global South countries.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Renewed Spirit Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. August 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 160mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9780812251470
• ISBN-10: 0812251474
• Artikelnr.: 56395456

Autorenporträt

Benjamin Talton

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
Chapter 1. "The Low Rising Against the High and Mighty": Radicalism and
Protest in Addis Ababa and Houston
Chapter 2. Redefining Black Politics: The Third World Spirit and Black
Internationalism in Congress
Chapter 3. "Horrendous Are the Hard Times": Western Food Aid and Ethiopia
in the Age of Reagan
Chapter 4. Activists on the Inside: The Black Caucus Battles White Rule and
U.S. Anticommunism in Southern Africa
Chapter 5. Ending Hunger in Africa: Humanitarianism Against Austerity
Chapter 6. "Flying in the Face of the Storm": Ethiopia, the United States,
and the End of the Cold War
Conclusion. The Tragic Demise of Third World Politics in the United States
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgments