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Book SynopsisW. E. B. Du Bois was one of the most important American authors of the twentieth century. While he is best known for his writings on themes of Black social and political life in the United States, this volume highlights his critical insights into empire and global politics.
Table of ContentsDemocracy and Empire: An introduction to the international thought of W. E. B. Du Bois select chronology of William Edward Burghardt Du Bois; 1. The present outlook for the dark races of mankind (1900); 2. To the nations of the world (1900); 3. The African roots of war (1915); 4. Of the culture of white folk (1917); 5. Letter from W. E. B. Du Bois to President Woodrow Wilson (1918); 6. To the world (Manifesto of the second Pan-African congress) (1921); 7. Worlds of color (1925); 8. Liberia and rubber (1925); 9. Liberia, the League and the United States (1933); 10. Where do we go from here? Address to the Rosenwald economic conference (1933); 11. Inter-Racial implications of the Ethiopian crisis: A Negro view (1935); 12. The clash of colour: Indians and American Negroes (1936); 13. The union of colour (1936); 14. What Japan has Done (1937); 15. Black Africa tomorrow (1938); 16. The realities in Africa: European profit or Negro development? (1943); 17. Prospect of a world without race conflict (1944); 18. Colonies and moral responsibility (1946); 19. A cup of Cocoa and chocolate drops (1946); 20. An Appeal to the world: A statement of denial of human rights to minorities, Introduction (1947); 21. Colonies as cause of war: Address to the world peace congress, Paris (1949); 22. On the West Indies (1952); 23. To the world peace council, Budapest (1953); 24. Colonialism and the Russian revolution (1956); Index.
