Introduction; 1. Surveying the crossroads of the world: Paris at the intersection of global migrations; 2. Building communities: everyday ethnicity and popular culture; 3. Lovers, husbands, fathers, workers, and soldiers: private life and work; 4. Learning and imparting lessons in anti-imperialism: students in the Latin Quarter; 5. The clearinghouse of world politics: international relations and colonialism; 6. Communist intermediaries: the French Left, the Comintern, and anti-imperialists; 7. A revolutionary lingua franca: anti-imperialism, civic rights, and the republican ethos; 8. Vernacularizing nationalism: an outcome foretold?; Conclusion.
This book traces the spread of a global anti-imperialism from the vantage point of Paris between the two World Wars.
Michael Goebel is a historian of modern Latin America in its global connections. He is currently Professor of Latin American and Global History at Freie Universität Berlin.
'Anti-Imperial Metropolis will reorient the way we think about the
global intellectual and political history of decolonization and
nationalism, and deserves to be essential reading in both
undergraduate and graduate courses on modern international affairs.
Michael Goebel's thought-provoking account of the role played by
migrant intellectuals from diverse regions of the world living in
interwar Paris in creating the post-imperial imagination of the
world order helps us better understand the curious links among
nationalism, internationalism, and social history of immigration to
Europe from the colonies. This is indeed one of the best books I
have read in recent times.' Cemil Aydin, University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill
'Michael Goebel's masterful study on anticolonial activities of
migrant groups in Paris during the interwar period is an
outstanding contribution to the field of global history and to the
historiography of decolonization. It is the first book that
analyzes the complexity of a major city that became a hub of global
anti-imperial consciousness and a crossroad of global migrations.
It very nicely links the 'local' with the 'global' beyond abstract
statements, but with rich empirical material.' Andreas Eckert,
Humboldt University Berlin
'In this fascinating and well-researched study of non-Western
expatriates in Paris between the wars, Michael Goebel combines
meticulous social history with several broad claims about the
significance of this experience … Anti-Imperial Metropolis is an
excellent book that builds upon the work of scholars like Jennifer
Boittin and Marilyn Levine to create a masterful portrait of a
unique time and place … Michael Goebel crafts an engaging portrait
of a diverse group of workers and intellectuals from many different
shores who developed in Paris visions of their own nations and
futures that would reshape the world in the mid-twentieth century.
Anyone interested in the transnational history of the modern world
will find this an intriguing and at times provocative study.' Tyler
Stovall , H-Soz-u-Kult
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