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Subjects:

American literature -- African American authors -- History and criticism.
African Americans -- Intellectual life -- 20th century.
Race in literature.
Imperialism in literature.
African Americans -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Internationalism -- History -- 20th century.
Geopolitics -- United States -- History -- 20th century.

Form/Genre:

Electronic books.

Summary:

A literary and cultural geography of the black Pacific.

Contents:

Cover
Title Page
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1 | The Cartography of the Black Pacific: James Weldon Johnson's "Along This Way
2 | Colored Empires in the 1930s: Black Internationalism, The US Black Press, and George S. Schuyler
3 | The Swing and the Sword in the Black Mikados: An Afro- Japanese Nexus in the US (White) Pacific Imagination
4 | "Spies and Spiders": Langston Hughes and the Transpacific Intelligence Dragnet
5 | The Manchurian Philosopher: W.E.B. Du Bois in the Eurasian Pacific
Epilogue
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

Notes:

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Local notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2021. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

Other format:

Print version: Taketani, Etsuko The Black Pacific Narrative

ISBN:

9781611686142
9781611686128

OCLC:

898102768