{"product_id":"9780253002723","title":"Youth, Nationalism, and the Guinean Revolution","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1958, Guinea declared independence from France and propelled Ahmed\u003cbr\u003e Sékou Touré to power. Early revolutionary fervor was not to last, and until his\u003cbr\u003e death in 1984, Sékou Touré ruled with an iron fist. What would it have been like\u003cbr\u003e to participate in Guinea's changing political fortunes? Jay Straker invites readers\u003cbr\u003e to reconsider the sources, stakes, and ramifications of Guinea's nation-building\u003cbr\u003e experience. By engaging official political tracts, state and popular newspapers,\u003cbr\u003e education journals, novels, poems, plays, photographs, and personal histories,\u003cbr\u003e Straker offers an alternative view of the uneven effects of the state's attempts to\u003cbr\u003e reshape popular attitudes, social practice, and youth consciousness. Showing how\u003cbr\u003e visions of ideal youth played into the workings of revolutionary power, Straker\u003cbr\u003e creates a captivating and intense history that uncovers the ambitions that drove\u003cbr\u003e militant socialist-revolutionary politics in Guinea.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47078787481840,"sku":"9780253002723","price":21.2,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780253002723_p0.jpg?v=1763680368","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780253002723","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}