Writing Against Empire
A Book History of Pan-Africanism in Britain, c.1930-1950
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2026
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
9781350588882 (ISBN)
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
9781350588882 (ISBN)
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This book explores the interconnections between anti-colonial publishing and Pan-African activists in interwar Britain to highlight the centrality of print to anti-colonial action in the very heart of empire.
This book paints a detailed picture of how anti-colonial publishing operated from the very heart of the British Empire in the middle of the 20th century. Pointing to the vibrant interconnections between anti-colonial and Pan-African activists in Britain, it engages with their personal politics, political thought, and global links to recast how we think about both publishing and anti-colonialism at this time. It engages with activists on their own terms through a book history approach, one that takes seriously the printed manifestations of anti-colonial thought, and views printing and publishing as political activism.
Assessing various forms of Pan-African writing, from pamphlets and journals to novels and works of anthropology, this book unpacks how different activists ‘did’ their politics, and what these politics were. Delving into the literary works that supported and maintained British Pan-African activism, Writing Against Empire highlights the central and crucial role of written texts to this movement. Unpicking the links between different thinkers and their works, and analysing how such a wealth of anti-colonial writers could operate within the very core of empire, Bowman gets to the heart of anti-colonial action in 20th-century Britain, and the centrality of print to this struggle.
This book paints a detailed picture of how anti-colonial publishing operated from the very heart of the British Empire in the middle of the 20th century. Pointing to the vibrant interconnections between anti-colonial and Pan-African activists in Britain, it engages with their personal politics, political thought, and global links to recast how we think about both publishing and anti-colonialism at this time. It engages with activists on their own terms through a book history approach, one that takes seriously the printed manifestations of anti-colonial thought, and views printing and publishing as political activism.
Assessing various forms of Pan-African writing, from pamphlets and journals to novels and works of anthropology, this book unpacks how different activists ‘did’ their politics, and what these politics were. Delving into the literary works that supported and maintained British Pan-African activism, Writing Against Empire highlights the central and crucial role of written texts to this movement. Unpicking the links between different thinkers and their works, and analysing how such a wealth of anti-colonial writers could operate within the very core of empire, Bowman gets to the heart of anti-colonial action in 20th-century Britain, and the centrality of print to this struggle.
Jack Bowman is Teaching Fellow in Modern History at University of Warwick, UK, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at University of the Arts London, UK.
Introduction
1. Pan-African Journals: Ras T. Makonnen and Black Self-Sufficiency
2. George Padmore and Pan-African Pamphlets
3. Pan-African Books: The Black Jacobins and the Early Political Thought of C. L. R. James
4. Implicit Pan-African Print: Jomo Kenyatta and Facing Mount Kenya
Epilogue
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.8.2026 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Empire’s Other Histories |
| Zusatzinfo | 10 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781350588882 / 9781350588882 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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