Colored cosmopolitanism [electronic resource] : the shared struggle for freedom in the United States and India / Nico Slate.
Slate, Nico.
2012
E185.61 .S6185 2012eb
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Title Colored cosmopolitanism [electronic resource] : the shared struggle for freedom in the United States and India / Nico Slate.
Author Slate, Nico.
ISBN 9780674062962 electronic book
0674059670
9780674059672
Imprint Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2012.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (321 p.) : ill., map.
Call Number E185.61 .S6185 2012eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 305.800973
Summary A hidden history connects India and the United States, the world's two largest democracies. From the late nineteenth century through the 1960s, activists worked across borders of race and nation to push both countries toward achieving their democratic principles. At the heart of this shared struggle, African Americans and Indians forged bonds ranging from statements of sympathy to coordinated acts of solidarity. Within these two groups, certain activists developed a colored cosmopolitanism, a vision of the world that transcended traditional racial distinctions. These men and women agitated for the freedom of the "(Bcolored world," even while challenging the meanings of both color and freedom. Colored Cosmopolitanism is the first detailed examination of both ends of this transnational encounter. Nico Slate tells the stories of neglected historical figures, like the "(BEurasian" scholar Cedric Dover, and offers a stunning glimpse of people we thought we knew. Prominent figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru, Swami Vivekananda, Booker T. Washington, W. E. B. Du Bois, and Martin Luther King Jr. emerge as never before seen. Slate reveals the full gamut of this exchange--from selective appropriations, to blatant misunderstandings, to a profound empathy--as African Americans and South Asians sought a united front against racism, imperialism, and other forms of oppression.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Introduction: Words like freedom
Race, caste, and nation
Racial diplomacy
Colored cosmopolitanism
Soul force
Global double victory
Building a third world
Nonviolence and the nation
Conclusion: The reflection of what is.

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