Bibliograph

Eslanda, the large and unconventional life of Mrs. Paul Robeson, Barbara Ransby

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Eslanda, the large and unconventional life of Mrs. Paul Robeson, Barbara Ransby

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-347) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsplatesmaps

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Eslanda

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

785864780

Responsibility statement

Barbara Ransby

Sub title

the large and unconventional life of Mrs. Paul Robeson

Table Of Contents

Growing up along the color line, 1895-1918 -- A Harlem love story, 1919-1927 -- Onto the world stage, 1920s -- Remapping a marriage, career, and worldview, 1927-1933 -- Becoming a writer and anthropologist, 1930s -- Africa at last, 1936 -- Madrid to Moscow, political commitments deepen, 1936-1939 -- Returning home and finding a new voice, 1939-1945 -- Into the Congo, 1946 -- American arguments, 1946-1950 -- The United Nations and a world political family, 1950-1956 -- Standing tall: the Cold War and politics of repression, 1950s -- A failing body and a hopeful heart, 1958-1961 -- Always the fighter: a pen as her weapon, 1961-1965

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