White World Order, Black Power Politics: The Birth of American International Relations
Robert Vitalis
Racism and imperialism are the twin forces that propelled the course of the United States in the world in the early twentieth century and in turn affected the way that diplomatic history and international relations were taught and understood in the American academy. Evolutionary theory, social Darwinism, and racial anthropology had been dominant doctrines in international relations from its beginnings; racist attitudes informed research priorities and were embedded in newly formed professional organizations. In White World Order, Black Power Politics, Robert Vitalis recovers the arguments, texts, and institution building of an extraordinary group of professors at Howard University, including Alain ... Read more
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Carol Polsgrove
American Historical Review
The book stands out for how it critiques how institutions reproduce, often in an unconscious manner, the foundational assumptions of an ... Read more