Black star
Subtitle: African American activism in the international political economy
By: Ramla M. Bandele.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Urbana
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9780252033391
Subjects: Universal Negro Improvement Association -- History; African American businesspeople -- History; African diaspora -- History; Pan-Africanism -- History; African American political activists -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A new take on an old term : operationalizing the diaspora concept; title: An exploration of the relevant literature; title: Still waters : understanding the political economy of the 1920s; title: Home dock : United States and the BSL; title: Charting the black Atlantic : the UNIA and its location in African-American politics; title: Shipping politics : the case of the Black Star Line; title: Stormy seas : government obstruction of BSL transnational goals; title: Marooned : the rise and fall of the Black Star Line; title: Clear waters : implications for the study of diasporas.