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Author: Margaret Stevens
Publisher: Pluto Press
Imprint: Pluto Press
Weight: 0.596kg
ISBN: 9780745337272
ISBN 10: 0745337279
Pages: 320
Publication Date: 20 October 2017
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: In Print
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Reviews
'Offers a valuable internal history of early twentieth-century, red-black activism' -- New West Indian Guide 'Recommended' -- CHOICE 'In this ambitious and original study, Margaret Stevens uncovers networks of working class organization forged against racism, colonialism, and capitalism. Sharply argued and passionately written, Stevens compels us to both study and strive towards a bold radical vision of international solidarity' -- Christina Heatherton, Assistant Professor of American Studies, Barnard College 'An essential book for those who want to understand the democratic history of the world, of how ordinary people lived extraordinary lives to fight for a just and true society' -- Vijay Prashad, author of The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World
'In this ambitious and original study, Margaret Stevens uncovers networks of working class organization forged against racism, colonialism, and capitalism. Sharply argued and passionately written, Stevens compels us to both study and strive towards a bold radical vision of international solidarity' -- Christina Heatherton, Assistant Professor of American Studies, Barnard College 'An essential book for those who want to understand the democratic history of the world, of how ordinary people lived extraordinary lives to fight for a just and true society' -- Vijay Prashad, author of The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World
'An essential book for those who want to understand the democratic history of the world, of how ordinary people lived extraordinary lives to fight for a just and true society' -- Vijay Prashad, author of The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World
'Margaret Stevens' rich account of Communism in the Western Hemisphere anchors the story amongst the black workers from Panama to Harlem, from the Dominican Republic to Barbados. An essential book for those who want to understand the democratic history of the world, of how ordinary people lived extraordinary lives to fight for a just and true society' -- Vijay Prashad, author of The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World
Author Information
Margaret Stevens is Professor in the Department of History at Essex County College in Newark. She is a contributor to the volume Communist Histories, Volume 1 (LeftWord, 2016) and the author of Red International and Black Caribbean (Pluto, 2017).
