{"product_id":"ten-days-in-harlem-simon-hall","title":"Ten Days in Harlem, Simon Hall","description":"\u003cp\u003eRising star Simon Hall captures the spirit of the 1960s in ten days that revolutionised the Cold War: Fidel Castro's visit to New York.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Hall has captured this catalytic moment like no one before. Anyone interested in the “Global Sixties” must read Ten Days in Harlem.\" Van E. Gosse, Professor of History, Franklin \u0026amp; Marshall College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNew 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFidel’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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Faber \u0026 Faber","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":60781743669582,"sku":"9780571353088","price":6.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0842\/6546\/8238\/files\/9780571353088.jpg?v=1789222628","url":"https:\/\/littlelanebookshop.com\/products\/ten-days-in-harlem-simon-hall","provider":"Little Lane Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}