{"product_id":"ten-days-in-harlem-simon-hall-9780571353088","title":"Ten Days in Harlem","description":"\u003cb\u003eRising star Simon Hall captures the spirit of the 1960s in ten days that revolutionised the Cold War: Fidel Castro's visit to New York.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hall has captured this catalytic moment like no one before. Anyone interested in the \"Global Sixties\" must read Ten Days in Harlem. \u003cb\u003eVan E. Gosse\u003c\/b\u003e, Professor of History, Franklin \u0026amp; Marshall College. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e New York City, September 1960. Fidel Castro - champion of the oppressed, scourge of colonialism, and leftist revolutionary - arrives for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. His visit to the UN represents a golden opportunity to make his mark on the world stage. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Fidel's shock arrival in Harlem is met with a rapturous reception from the local African American community. He holds court from the iconic Hotel Theresa as a succession of world leaders, black freedom fighters and counter-cultural luminaries - everyone from Nikita Khrushchev to Gamal Abdel Nasser, Malcolm X to Allen Ginsberg - come calling. Then, during his landmark address to the UN General Assembly - one of the longest speeches in the organisation's history - he promotes the politics of anti-imperialism with a fervour, and an audacity, that makes him an icon of the 1960s. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this unforgettable slice of modern history, Simon Hall reveals how these ten days were a foundational moment in the trajectory of the Cold War, a turning point in the history of anti-colonial struggle, and a launching pad for the social, cultural and political tumult of the decade that followed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Hall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0571353088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780571353088\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Faber \u0026amp; Faber\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/04\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Simon Hall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44048902848767,"sku":"9780571353088","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_34f69880-14a3-4d67-9606-8d12ab18c382.jpg?v=1684998481","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ten-days-in-harlem-simon-hall-9780571353088","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}