{"product_id":"negro-with-a-hat-the-rise-and-fall-of-marcus-garvey-9780195393095","title":"Negro with a Hat: The Rise and Fall of Marcus Garvey","description":"New in paperback, this groundbreaking biography captures the full sweep and epic dimensions of Marcus Garvey's life, the dazzling triumphs and the dreary exile. As Grant shows, Garvey was a man of contradictions: a self-educated, poetry-writing aesthete and unabashed propagandist, an admirer\u003cbr\u003eof Lenin, and a dandy given to elaborate public displays. Above all, he was a shrewd promoter whose use of pageantry evoked a lost African civilization and fired the imagination of his followers. \u003cem\u003eNegro With a Hat\u003c\/em\u003e restores Garvey to his place as one of the founders of black nationalism and a key\u003cbr\u003efigure of the 20th century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA searching, vivid, and (as the title suggests) complex account of Garvey's short but consequential life.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Steve Hahn, \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e The story of Marcus Garvey, the charismatic and tireless black leader who had a meteoric rise and fall in the late 1910s and early '20s, makes for enthralling reading, and Garvey has found an engaging and objective biographer in Colin Grant.... Grant's book is not all politics, ideology, money and\u003cbr\u003elawsuits. It is also an engrossing social history.... \u003cem\u003eNegro With a Hat\u003c\/em\u003e is an achievement on a scale Garvey might have appreciated.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Dazzling, definitive biography of the controversial activist who led the 1920s 'Back to Africa' movement.... Grant's learned passion for his subject shimmers on every page. A riveting and well-wrought volume that places Garvey solidly in the pantheon of important 20th-century black leaders.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cem\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/em\u003e (Starred Review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eThis splendid book is certain to become the definitive biography. Garvey was a dreamer and a doer; Grant captures the fascination of both.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cem\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/em\u003e (Starred Review) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGrant's strength lies in his ability to re-create political moods and offer compelling sketches of colorful individuals and their organizations.... An engaging and readable introduction to a complicated and contentious historical actor who, in his time, possessed a unique capacity to inspire\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003edevotion and hatred, adulation and fear.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Chicago Tribune \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eA monumental, nuanced and broadly sympathetic portrait.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e --Financial Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-132129\"\u003eColin Grant\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/02\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.08h x 8.46w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195393095\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195393090\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO002000\"\u003eCultural, Ethnic \u0026amp; Regional | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036060\"\u003eUnited States | 20th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS036040\"\u003eUnited States | 19th Century\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eColin Grant\u003c\/strong\u003e is an independent historian who works for BBC Radio. 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