Date of Award
8-1-2011
Degree Type
Dissertation
University or Center
Clark Atlanta University(CAU)
School
School of Arts and Sciences
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Political Science
First Advisor
Dr. Hashim Gibrill
Second Advisor
Dr. William H. Boone
Third Advisor
Dr. Akinyela Umoja
Abstract
This is a theoretical dissertation that seeks to explore the implications of using an Africana agrarian development philosophy to examine the historical evolution of African-American communities and social movements in the United States. The central theme of this study is the importance of recentering the land question as a theoretical tool used to construct narratives of the cultural development of African-American rural and farming communities. Particular emphasis is placed upon using the notion of an ecological revolution to explain African-Amencan responses to the socio-economic problems that have emerged from their relationship to the American state and, the resultant paradigms that have developed, within the tradition of African-American political philosophy, to both perceive and address these issues.
Recommended Citation
Densu, Kwasi, "Patchin: Towards a theory and political history of Africana Agrarianism" (2011). ETD Collection for Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center. Paper 255.
http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/255