Black empire
Subtitle: the masculine global imaginary of Caribbean intellectuals in the United States, 1914-1962
By: Michelle Ann Stephens.
Series: New Americanists
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Durham
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Garvey, Marcus, 1887-1940 -- Political and social views; McKay, Claude, 1890-1948 -- Political and social views; James, C. L. R. 1901- -- Political and social views; African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; Caribbean Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century; African American intellectuals -- Biography; African Americans -- Race identity; Masculinity -- Political aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century; African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century; Black nationalism -- History -- 20th century
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-352) and index.
Table of contents: title: The new worldly Negro : sovereignty, revolutionary masculinity, and American internationalism; title: The woman of color and the literature of a new Black world; title: Marcus Garvey, Black emperor; title: The Black star line and the Negro ship of state; title: Claude McKay and Harlem, Black belt of the metropolis; title: "Nationality doubtful" and Banjo's crew in Marseilles; title: C.L.R. James and the fugitive slave in American civilization; title: America is one island only : the Caribbean and American studies.