This book shows that the connected histories of decolonization and
globalization concern the practices of individuals and movements as
much as they do the ideologies of states, institutions and
organizations. Viewing decolonization through non-state activist
practices, and setting anti-colonial solidarity in the context of
the methods of contemporary global peace movements, it argues that
seemingly marginal histories can illuminate aspects of the end of
empire that are not readily apparent in studies centred on state
diplomacy and nationalist movements. Focusing on a group of British
and American activists, including the pacifist campaigner A.J.
Muste, the anti-apartheid priest Michael Scott and the civil rights
organiser Bayard Rustin, Skinner explores connected global
histories of anti-nuclear peace campaigns, anti-colonialism and
decolonization to illuminate new perspectives on the end of empire
and the Cold War. Studying a failed attempt to infiltrate the
French atom bomb test site in southern Algeria, and a mass march
across the border between Tanganyika and Northern Rhodesia that
never took place, these stories provide valuable insights into the
interactions between local and global scales of historical
experience. In presenting these histories, this book demonstrates
how global and transnational histories can challenge and disrupt,
rather than reinforce hierarchies of power and privileges. In doing
so, it also contributes to ongoing debates surrounding the nature
of decolonization as a historical phenomenon by focusing on the
practices of activism that shaped - and were shaped by – the
political and intellectual structures of decolonization.
General
| Imprint: |
Bloomsbury Academic
|
| Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
| Release date: |
November 2023 |
| Authors: |
Rob Skinner
|
| Dimensions: |
234 x 156mm (L x W) |
| Pages: |
248 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-350-15976-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
1-350-15976-X |
| Barcode: |
9781350159761 |
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