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Black Americans and U.S. Foreign Affairs, 1935-1960
出版University of North Carolina Press, 1996
主題History / GeneralHistory / United States / 20th CenturyPolitical Science / International Relations / GeneralSocial Science / Ethnic Studies / American / African American & Black Studies
ISBN08078227289780807822722
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=bIB2AAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋African Americans have a long history of active involvement and interest in international affairs, but their efforts have been largely ignored by scholars of American foreign policy. Gayle Plummer brings a new perspective to the study of twentieth-century American history with her analysis of black Americans' engagement with international issues, from the Italian invasion of Ethiopia in 1935 through the wave of African independence movements of the early 1960s.



Plummer first examines how collective definitions of ethnic identity, race, and racism have influenced African American views on foreign affairs. She then probes specific developments in the international arena that galvanized the black community, including the rise of fascism, World War II, the emergence of human rights as a factor in international law, the Cold War, and the American civil rights movement, which had important foreign policy implications. However, she demonstrates that not all African Americans held the same views on particular issues and that a variety of considerations helped shape foreign affairs agendas within the black community just as in American society at large.