{"product_id":"the-darker-nations-a-peoples-history-of-the-third-world-9781565847859","title":"The Darker Nations: A People's History of the Third World","description":"\u003cp\u003eA landmark study that offers an alternative history of the Cold War from the point of view of the worlds poor.  \"Europe\" is morally  spiritually indefensible. And today the indictment is brought against it…by tens and tens of thousands of millions of men who  from the depths of slavery  set themselves up as judges.Aim Csaire  Discourse on Colonialism  Here  from a brilliant young writer  is a paradigm-shifting history of both a utopian concept and global movementthe idea of the Third World. The Darker Nations traces the intellectual origins and the political history of the twentieth century attempt to knit together the worlds impoverished countries in opposition to the United States and Soviet spheres of influence in the decades following World War II.  Spanning every continent of the global South  Vijay Prashads fascinating narrative takes us from the birth of postcolonial nations after World War II to the downfall and corruption of nationalist regimes. A breakthrough book of cutting-edge scholarship  it includes vivid portraits of Third World giants like Indias Nehru  Egypts Nasser  and Indonesias Sukarnoas well as scores of extraordinary but now-forgotten intellectuals  artists  and freedom fighters. The Darker Nations restores to memory the vibrant though flawed idea of the Third World  whose demise  Prashad ultimately argues  has produced a much impoverished international political arena. 12 b\/w photographs.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45280453197877,"sku":"ByrdShop_1565847857","price":199.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781565847859.jpg?v=1780636933","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-darker-nations-a-peoples-history-of-the-third-world-9781565847859","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}