Free Downloads Alabama In Africa: Booker T. Washington, The German Empire, And The Globalization Of The New South (America In The World)
In 1901, the Tuskegee Institute, founded by Booker T. Washington, sent an expedition to the German colony of Togo in West Africa, with the purpose of transforming the region into a cotton economy similar to that of the post-Reconstruction American South. Alabama in Africa explores the politics of labor, sexuality, and race behind this endeavor, and the economic, political, and intellectual links connecting Germany, Africa, and the southern United States. The cross-fertilization of histories and practices led to the emergence of a global South, reproduced social inequities on both sides of the Atlantic, and pushed the American South and the German Empire to the forefront of modern colonialism. Zimmerman shows how the people of Togo, rather than serving as a blank slate for American and German ideologies, helped shape their region's place in the global South. He looks at the forms of resistance pioneered by African American freedpeople, Polish migrant laborers, African cotton cultivators, and other groups exploited by, but never passive victims of, the growing colonial political economy. Zimmerman reconstructs the social science of the global South formulated by such thinkers as Max Weber and W.E.B. Du Bois, and reveals how their theories continue to define contemporary race, class, and culture. Tracking the intertwined histories of Europe, Africa, and the Americas at the turn of the century, Alabama in Africa shows how the politics and economics of the segregated American South significantly reshaped other areas of the world.
Series: America in the World
Paperback: 416 pages
Publisher: Princeton University Press; Reprint edition (May 27, 2012)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0691155860
ISBN-13: 978-0691155869
Product Dimensions: 6 x 1 x 9.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
Best Sellers Rank: #125,489 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #30 in Books > History > Africa > South Africa #42 in Books > History > World > Slavery & Emancipation #78 in Books > History > Americas > United States > Civil War > Abolition
OK; as the great granddaughter of BTW I thought I knew everything about the man. When I read Alabama to Africa I learned that BTW sent an expedition to West Africa to teach them how to cultivate cotton after the Civil War destroyed the cotton fields and the European economy suffered when America could no longer supply there cotton needs. I also learned that BTW saved Liberia from being colonized when threatened by the British and the Portuguese because they couldn't pay back their loans. BTW called on his friend Pres. Roosevelt to intervene. This is the same President that had invited BTW to dinner at the White House. If you are a student of history you will love this story. You will be amazed at what you learn about BTW. Again, .com delivered just like they promised. Quality, cost and service...gotta love !
The book has a lot of detail but mostly about social impacts of New South thinking. Very little about Togo and what was said must have been said three times. This most probably would have been a good booklet or an essay.
I enjoyed reading this little book about Booker T. Washington and his journey from Alabama into other countries to include Africa.
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