Window on Freedom by Brenda Gayle Plummer
The civil rights movement in the United States drew strength from supporters of human rights worldwide. Once U.S. policy makers - influenced by international pressure, the courage of ordinary American citizens, and a desire for global leadership - had signed such documents as the United Nations charter, domestic calls for change could be based squarely on the moral authority of doctrines the United States endorsed abroad. This is one of the many fascinating links between racial politics and international affairs explored in Window on Freedom. Broad in chronological scope and topical diversity, the ten original essays presented here demonstrate how the roots of U.S. foreign policy have been embedded in social, economic, and cultural factors of domestic as well as foreign origin. They argue persuasively that the campaign to realize full civil rights for racial and ethnic minorities in America is best understood in the context of competitive international relations.
These wide-ranging essays offer cutting-edge scholarship on a fascinating intersection of domestic and international historyThe Cold War can no longer be understood without its racial dimensions. - Tim Borstelmann, author of The Cold War and the Color Line: American Race Relations in the Global Arena
Brenda Gayle Plummer is professor of history at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and author of Rising Wind: Black Americans and U.S. Foreign Affairs, 1935-1960.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780807854280 |
| ISBN 10 | 080785428X |
| Title | Window on Freedom |
| Author | Brenda Gayle Plummer |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of North Carolina Press |
| Year published | 2003-02-28 |
| Number of pages | 272 |
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