Anarchism and Syndicalism in the Colonial and Postcolonial World, 1870-1940 - The PRAXIS of National Liberation, Internationalism, and Social Revolution

Before communism, anarchism and syndicalism were central to labour and the Left in the colonial and postcolonial world.Using studies from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, this groundbreaking volume examines the revolutionary libertarian Left's class politics and anti-colonialism in the first globalization and imperialism(1870/1930).

About the author

Steven J. Hirsch, PhD (1997) in Latin American History from The George Washington University. Currently is associate professor of History at the University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg. Researches and writes on the history of anarchism and working-class politics in Peru.

Lucien van der Walt, Ph.d. (2007) in Industrial Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand, is senior lecturer in Sociology at that institution. Winner of the 2007 Labor History thesis prize, and the 2008/2009 CODESRIA Africa thesis prize, he is co-author of Black Flame: the revolutionary class politics of anarchism and syndicalism (AK Press. San Francisco), volume 1 of Counter Power: new perspectives on global anarchism and syndicalism (with Michael Schmidt).

Product details

• Assisted by: Steven Hirsch (Editor), Lucien van der Walt (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.11.2010
• EAN: 9789004188495
• ISBN: 978-90-04-18849-5
• No. of pages: 508
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 246 mm x 32 mm
• Weight: 950 g
• Series: Studies in Global Social Histo
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories