audiobook Race against Empire: Black Americans and Anticolonialism; 1937–1957 (Collectifs) by Penny M. Von Eschen in History

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0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. dense but worth itBy CustomerThis book is dense. Penny von Eschen packs more information into single paragraphs than some others do entire books. It's a hard read; but worth it; as it examines an important American movement that not only presages the modern civil rights movement and complicates our understanding of it. Definitely worth reading; but I recommend studying up on your labor history first and taking copious notes.0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Five StarsBy Neta G.Brilliant book9 of 25 people found the following review helpful. Limited research; low analysis of Blacks and foreign policy.By Hack SteeleUseful because the subject is so little covered; this survey of the role of Afro-Americans in US foreign policy from the '30s through '50s; is limited by its narrow research focus on individuals and by its shallow analysis. The discussion; according to the title; ends in the late '50s; although the author dips into subsequent years. This truncation of the subject removes the most interesting period in whuch U.S. Blacks have affected U.S. foreign policy from the book's scope. Upshot: only historians and specialists are likely to enjoy it. Among key figures missing: cartoonist Ollie Harrington (mentioned only in passing) and Charles Howard; the first and most influential Afro-American journalist to cover the United Nations.