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Book SynopsisThe first volume to explore transnational anticolonialism as a global phenomenon spanning the entire twentieth century.Leading scholars demonstrate that anticolonial movements everywhere in this period were invariably transnational in terms of their imaginaries, mobilities, and networks, and that their legacies fundamentally shaped the present.
Trade Review'The transnational history of anticolonialism has long been assumed, but now there can be no doubt. This collection tracks the recurrent relays between nationalist ambitions and transnational networks, and imaginaries. In doing so, it underscores the irrepressible, disruptive mobility of empire's critics, and of its enemies, across the long twentieth century.' Antoinette Burton, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
'The Anticolonial Transnational provides a comprehensive map of intellectual and political challenges to empire that looked far beyond the nation-state. “Ranging around the world and across the twentieth century, exploring revolutionaries and Rotarians, the book is an excellent introduction to crucial currents of anti-imperialism as they flowed between continents and empires.' David C. Engerman, Yale University, Connecticut
'The excitement of this book is not least the brilliant young scholars who feature. Exploiting the capaciousness of The Anticolonial Transnational they remind us of the fundamental historical importance of the international past.' Glenda Sluga, European University Institute, Florence
Table of Contents1. Introduction Erez Manela and Heather Streets-Salter; PART I. The Many Anticolonial Transnationals: 2. Philippine Asianist thought and pan-asianist action at the turn of the twentieth century Nicole CuUnjieng Aboitiz; 3. All empires must fall: international proletarian revolution and the anti-colonial cause in British India Zaib un Nisa Aziz; 4. Indoamerica against empire: radical transnational politics in Mexico city, 1925-29 Tony Wood; 5. Carlos romulo, rotary internationalism, and anticolonialism on the right Mark Reeves; PART II. Solidarities and Their Discontents: 6. From wife to comrade: Agnes smedley and the intimacies of anticolonial solidarity Michele Louro; 7. Cheikh Anta Diop's Recovery of Egypt: African History as Anticolonial Practice Sarah C. Dunstan; 8. Anticolonial petitions and platforms for South-South solidarities Cindy Ewing; 9. African nationalism, colonial afterlives, and the development of China-Tanzanian relations, 1960-1966 Ruodi Duan; Part III. Anticolonialism in a Postcolonial Age: 10. The unexpected anticolonialist: Winifred armstrong, American empire, and African decolonization Lydia Walker; 11. Beyond the NIEO: the rise of self-reliance as an alternative vision of postcolonial development Vivien Chang; 12. The quest for indigenous chamorro self-determination in the age of pacific anticolonialism Kristin Oberiano; 13. Poor People & Governors: reggae, sound systems, and decolonization in Bermuda Quito Swan; 14. Epilogue: the national and the colonial in the anticolonial transnational Michael Goebel.
