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Robert Vitalis is Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of
America¿s Kingdom: Mythmaking on the Saudi Oil Frontier and
When Capitalists Collide: Business Conflict and the End of Empire in Egypt and coeditor of
Counter-Narratives: History, Society and Politics in Saudi Arabia and Yemen.
List of contents
Introduction: A Mongrel American Social Science
Part I. The Noble Science of Imperial Relations and Its Laws of Race Development1. Empire by Association2. Race Children
Part II. Worlds of Color3. Storm Centers of Political Theory and Practice4. Imperialism and Internationalism in the 1920s
Part III. The North versus the Black Atlantic5. Making the World Safe for "Minorities"6. The Philanthropy of Masters
Part IV. "The Dark World Goes Free"7. The First but Not Last Crisis of a Cold War Profession8. Hands of Ethiopia9. The Fate of the Howard SchoolConclusion: The High Plane of Dignity and Discipline
Notes
Bibliography
Index
About the author
Robert Vitalis
Summary
In White World Order, Black Power Politics, Robert Vitalis recovers the arguments, texts, and institution building of an extraordinary group of professors at Howard University, including Alain Locke, Ralph Bunche, Rayford Logan, Eric Williams, and Merze Tate, who was the first black female professor of political science in the country.
