From Scottsboro to Munich
Subtitle: race and political culture in 1930s Britain
By: Susan D. Pennybacker.
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780691088280; 9780691141862
Subjects: Politics and culture -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Scottsboro Trial, Scottsboro, Ala., 1931; African Americans -- Relations with British -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Relations with Germans -- History -- 20th century; Blacks -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Blacks -- Great Britain -- Politics and government; Racism -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century; Great Britain -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century; United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century
Description: Presenting a portrait of engaged, activist lives in the 1930s, this text follows a global network of individuals and organizations that posed challenges to the racism and colonialism of the era.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Ada Wright and the Scottsboro campaign; title: George Padmore and political independence; title: Lady Kathleen Simon, anti-slavery and appeasement; title: Shapurgi Saklatvala and the Meerut Trial; title: Diasporas : refugees and exiles; title: A thieves' kitchen : perceptions on the eve of war.