Revolutionary Lives of the Red and Black Atlantic Since 1917

This volume explores the life histories of a wide range of radical figures whose political activity in relation to the black liberation struggle was catalysed or profoundly shaped by the global impact and legacy of the Russian Revolution of 1917, including C.L.R. James, Paul Robeson, Walter Rodney and Grace P. Campbell.

About the author

David Featherstone is Professor of Political Geography at the University of Glasgow.

Christian Høgsbjerg is a Senior Lecturer in Critical History and Politics in the School of Humanities and Social Science, University of Brighton

Alan Rice is Professor in English and American Studies at UCLan, Preston, co-director of the Institute for Black Atlantic Research (IBAR) and director of the Research Centre in Migration, Diaspora and Exile (MIDEX)

Summary

This volume explores the life histories of a wide range of radical figures whose political activity in relation to the black liberation struggle was catalysed or profoundly shaped by the global impact and legacy of the Russian Revolution of 1917, including C.L.R. James, Paul Robeson, Walter Rodney and Grace P. Campbell. -- .

Product details

• Authors: David Hgsbjerg Featherstone, David Hogsbjerg Featherstone
• Assisted by: David Featherstone (Editor), Christian Høgsbjerg (Editor), Christian Hogsbjerg (Editor), Christian Høgsbjerg (Editor), Alan Rice (Editor)
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.04.2022
• EAN: 9781526144782
• ISBN: 978-1-5261-4478-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Series: Racism, Resistance and Social Change; Racism, Resistance and Social
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries