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The Darker Nations

A People's History of the Third World
By Vijay Prashad
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The Darker Nations by Vijay Prashad provides an insightful history of the Global South throughout the 20th century, exploring the rise and fall of the Third World project. It traces the hopes, struggles, and unity of nations in Asia, Africa, and Latin America as they sought political and economic independence from colonial and neo-colonial powers, offering a critical perspective on the decline of these ambitions in the face of global political shifts.
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This insightful work delves into the history of the Global South, focusing on its movements for independence and equity in the 20th century. You might enjoy this book if you're interested in historical narratives that challenge mainstream perspectives, offering a rich analysis of post-colonial struggles and aspirations.

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The Darker Nations

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The Darker Nations is the landmark alternative history of the Cold War from the perspective of the Global South, reissued in paperback with a new introduction by the author. Praised by critics as a welcome antidote to apologists for empire, it has defined for a generation of scholars, activists, and dreamers what it is to imagine a more just international order and continues to offer lessons for the radical political projects of today.

With the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and the rise of India and China on the global scene, this paradigm-shifting book of groundbreaking scholarship helps us envision the future of the Global South by restoring to memory the vibrant, though flawed, idea of the Third World. Its demise, Prashad ultimately argues, has produced an impoverished and asymmetrical international political arena. No other book on the Third World—as a utopian idea and a global movement—can speak so effectively and engagingly to our troubled times.

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The Darker Nations by Vijay Prashad has been acclaimed as a compelling global narrative filled with revealing anecdotes, offering an alternative history of the post-World War II era. Praised for its insightful exploration of the Third World as both a concept and a political project, the book inspires curiosity about global solidarity and the enduring impact of past struggles. Its examination of historical geography captures the essence of a future that faced challenges from its adversaries, all delivered with passionate engagement and intellectual depth.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781620977620

Publisher: The New Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 October 2022

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: The New Press

Illustration: Illustrations

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 24.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 228.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 400

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Asian History Education & Reference History & Military Non-Fiction Politics & Current Affairs Science & Nature Vijay Prashad

About the Author

Vijay Prashad is director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, editor of LeftWord Books, and the chief correspondent for Globetrotter. He is the author of The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World, Uncle Swami: South Asians in America Today, and co-author (with Noam Chomsky) of The Withdrawal (all published by The New Press), as well as Washington Bullets. The Darker Nations was chosen as a Best Nonfiction Book of the Year by the Asian American Writers' Workshop and won the Muzaffar Ahmad Book Prize. He lives in Santiago, Chile, and Northampton, Massachusetts.

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