{"product_id":"writing-against-empire-jack-bowman-9781350588882","title":"Writing against Empire: A Book History of Pan-Africanism in Britain, c.1930-50","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis book paints a detailed picture of how anti-colonial publishing operated from the very heart of the British Empire in the middle of the 20th century\u003c\/b\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePointing to the vibrant interconnections between anti-colonial and Pan-African activists in Britain, it engages with their personal politics, political thought, and global links to recast how we think about both publishing and anti-colonialism at this time. It engages with activists on their own terms through a book history approach, one that takes seriously the printed manifestations of anti-colonial thought, and views printing and publishing as political activism. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAssessing various forms of Pan-African writing, from pamphlets and journals to novels and works of anthropology, this book unpacks how different activists 'did' their politics, and what these politics were. Delving into the literary works that supported and maintained British Pan-African activism, \u003ci\u003eWriting against Empire\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the central and crucial role of written texts to this movement. Unpicking the links between different thinkers and their works, and analysing how such a wealth of anti-colonial writers could operate within the very core of empire, Bowman gets to the heart of anti-colonial action in 20th-century Britain, and the centrality of print to this struggle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jack Bowman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1350588881\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781350588882\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Academic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d","brand":"Jack Bowman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48997288214783,"sku":"9781350588882","price":115.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/writing-against-empire-jack-bowman-9781350588882","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}