The Darker Nations : A People's History of the Third World

Here, from a brilliant young writer, is a paradigm-shifting history of both a utopian concept and global movement—the idea of the Third World. The Darker Nations traces the intellectual origins and the political history of the twentieth century attempt to knit together the world's impoverished...

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Bibliographische Detailangaben
1. Verfasser: Prashad, Vijay 1967- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Zinn, Howard 1922-2010 (MitwirkendeR)
Format: E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York : The New Press, 2008
Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel:New Press People's History
Schlagworte:Developing countries - History Electronic books
Umfang:1 online resource (385 pages)
Inhaltsangabe:
  • Quest. Paris : a concept conjured
  • Brussels : the 1928 league against imperialism
  • Bandung : the 1955 Afro-Asian conference
  • Cairo : the 1961 Afro-Asian women's conference
  • Buenos Aires : imagining an economy
  • Tehran : cultivating an imagination
  • Belgrade : the 1961 non-aligned movement conference
  • Havana : the 1966 tricontinental conference. Pitfalls. Algiers : the perils of an authoritarian state
  • La Paz : released from the barracks
  • Bali : death of the communists
  • Tawang : war most foul
  • Caracas : oil, the devil's excrement
  • Arusha : socialism in a hurry. Assassinations. New Delhi : the obituary of the Third World
  • Kingston : IMF-led globalization
  • Singapore : the lure of the Asian road
  • Mecca : when culture can be cruel.