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Book SynopsisRodney claimed developing countries were heirs to uneven development and ethnic disequilibrium and was disturbed by the inability of intellectuals to share a common cause with the masses. He sought to lift the Caribbean people from the victimization of history and the poverty of material circumstance.
Trade ReviewWith profound insight and elegance, Gibbons' main strength is anchoring Walter Rodney's exemplary political and intellectual career and legacy in its Guyanese and Caribbean origins and development. -- Locksley Edmondson, professor, Africana studies, Cornell University
…Thoroughly researched and clearly written…A compelling and sympathetic analysis of Rodney's writing…Gibbons combines the journalist's instinct for the telling detail with the academic rigor of the professor of communications (emeritus) that he is…This book is required reading for any serious students of colonial history and the Black Diaspora. -- Ewart Thomas, professor of psychology, Stanford University
…[Rodney] cultivated a style of scholarship which was made available through its lucidity to all layers of Caribbean societies…Gibbons…[takes] us stage by stage through [Rodney's] turbulent journeys …An impressive contribution to our understanding of the legacy of Walter Rodney. -- Professor George Lamming, African studies, Brown University
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Acknowledgments Chapter 2 Introduction by Wazir Mohamed Chapter 3 Chapter I: Identity and Ideology Chapter 4 Chapter II: Education and Historical Consciousness Chapter 5 Chapter III: Politics in the Diaspora Race in Post-slavery Societies Chapter 6 Chapter IV: Slavery and Black Power Chapter 7 Chapter V: Intellectualism and its Demands Chapter 8 Chapter VI: The Approach to Armageddon Chapter 9 Chapter VII: Assassination of Walter Rodney Chapter 10 Chapter VIII: Garvey and Rodney Chapter 11 Chapter IX: C. L. R. James, Rodney and the Taking of Power Chapter 12 Bibliography Chapter 13 Index
