{"product_id":"ten-days-in-harlem-hardcover","title":"TEN DAYS IN HARLEM (Hardcover)","description":"\u003cb\u003eRising star Simon Hall captures the spirit of the 1960s in ten days that revolutionized the Cold War: Fidel Castro's visit to New York.\u003c\/b\u003e New York City, September 1960. Fidel Castro - champion of the oppressed, scourge of colonialism, and leftist revolutionary - arrives for the opening of the United Nations General Assembly. His visit to the UN represents a golden opportunity to make his mark on the world stage. Fidel's shock arrival in Harlem is met with a rapturous reception from the local African American community. He holds court from the iconic Hotel Theresa as a succession of world leaders, black freedom fighters and counter-cultural luminaries - everyone from Nikita Khrushchev to Gamal Abdel Nasser, Malcolm X to Allen Ginsberg - come calling. Then, during his landmark address to the UN General Assembly - one of the longest speeches in the organisation's history - he promotes the politics of anti-imperialism with a fervour, and an audacity, that makes him an icon of the 1960s. In this unforgettable slice of modern history, Simon Hall reveals how these ten days were a foundational moment in the trajectory of the Cold War, a turning point in the history of anti-colonial struggle, and a launching pad for the social, cultural and political tumult of the decade that followed. \u003cb\u003e\"A highly readable, engaging, astute microhistory of an overlooked event.\"\u003c\/b\u003e -- \u003ci\u003eKirkus\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Hall, Simon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52337155539218,"sku":"9780571353064","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0270\/9238\/5846\/files\/11206753482391.jpg?v=1780434660","url":"https:\/\/hbswarehousesale.com\/products\/ten-days-in-harlem-hardcover","provider":"Harvard Book Store Warehouse Sale","version":"1.0","type":"link"}