The End of Empires: African Americans and India

by Gerald Horne

Book by Horne, Gerald C

Genres: History, India, Race, Nonfiction

272 pages, Hardcover

First published August 28, 2008

About the author

Dr. Gerald Horne is an eminent historian who is Chair of History and African American Studies at the University of Houston. An author of more than thirty books and one hundred scholarly articles and reviews, his research has addressed issues of racism in a variety of relations involving labor, politics, civil rights, international relations, war and the film industry.

Reviews

[Degenerate Chemist · Rating 4 out of 5]

"The End of Empires" is about the cross cultural cooperation of Black Americans and Indians. Horne begins this story with the tale of cotton and how this commodity initially linked the interested of Black Americans and Indians. He plods his way to the second world war and Indian independence where he wraps up the story.

This book is fascinating and worth the read. There are plenty of fascinating stories- such as L.L. Rai and his activism. However, this book is a bit disorganized in the center. Around chapter five Horne starts to get a bit redundant with his arguments and there were entire chapters that felt like they were padding to add length to the book.

This is not one of Horne's strongest works, but it is well worth the read for the topic it covers.

3.5 stars.

[Matthew Rohn · Rating 4 out of 5]

A little scattered in places but provides a diverse overview of the interactions between activists in the long civil rights movement and the Indian independence movement, as well as the ways that South Asians negotiated the changing boundaries of race in early 20th century America

[Viral · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great book looking at the long history of solidarity and cross-cultural connection between the movement for Indian independence and the Black radical tradition. Notes a lot of important history that more Indian Americans should know about. Highly recommend!

[djreggiereg Mas Reg · Rating 5 out of 5]

. Ganti [sic; Gandhi] the leader of the Hindu Revolutionary Movement, and Garvey, the leader of the American Negro Agitation, were class mates while they were studying in England and in India. Garvey has remained ever since the closest friend, most ardent admirer and the handiest co-worker of Ganti, even though they live thousands of miles apart. Both Garvey and Ganti are strong believers of socialism and the revolutionary methods for realizing it."


Garvey and Ganti also named Gandhi were classmates in england and india... what... is this true? If so, can someone inform me if there are any other books of pdf files this info is noted?

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