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Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall´s African Journey
Mary L. Dudziak
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Description for Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall´s African Journey
Paperback. Not long after he led the legal team in Brown v Board of Education, Thurgood Marshall aided Kenya's constitutional negotiations, as adversaries battled over rights and land - not with weapons, but with legal arguments. This work tells the story of Marshall's work with Kenyan leaders as they fought with the British for independence in the 1960s. Num Pages: 288 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFGK; 1KBB; HBJH; JPVH1; LAZ; LND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 410.
Mary Dudziak's "Exporting American Dreams" tells the little-known story of Thurgood Marshall's work with Kenyan leaders as they fought with the British for independence in the early 1960s. Not long after he led the legal team in Brown v. Board of Education, Marshall aided Kenya's constitutional negotiations, as adversaries battled over rights and land - not with weapons, but with legal arguments. Set in the context of Marshall's civil rights work in the United States, this transnational history sheds light on legal reform and social change in the midst of violent upheavals in Africa and America. While the struggle for ... Read more
Mary Dudziak's "Exporting American Dreams" tells the little-known story of Thurgood Marshall's work with Kenyan leaders as they fought with the British for independence in the early 1960s. Not long after he led the legal team in Brown v. Board of Education, Marshall aided Kenya's constitutional negotiations, as adversaries battled over rights and land - not with weapons, but with legal arguments. Set in the context of Marshall's civil rights work in the United States, this transnational history sheds light on legal reform and social change in the midst of violent upheavals in Africa and America. While the struggle for ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691152448
SKU
V9780691152448
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About Mary L. Dudziak
Mary L. Dudziak is professor of law, history, and political science at the University of Southern California. Her books include "Cold War Civil Rights", "September 11 in History", and "Legal Borderlands".
Reviews for Exporting American Dreams: Thurgood Marshall´s African Journey
"[A] work for the ages. Dudziak's Exporting American Dreams creatively juxtaposes the African American struggle for equality in law with the Kenyan struggle for political independence from white British colonial rule... Dudziak casts Marshall as a bridge between two epochal quests for human dignity, drawing painful parallels."
Makau Mutua, Human Rights Quarterly "[A] thought provoking and painstakingly researched journey through a ... Read more
Makau Mutua, Human Rights Quarterly "[A] thought provoking and painstakingly researched journey through a ... Read more