Introduction: Explaining anti-imperialism and Third World nationalism -- 1. Surveying the crossroads of the world : Paris at the intersection of global migrations -- 2. Building communities : everyday ethnicity and popular culture -- 3. Lovers, husbands, fathers, workers, and soldiers : private life and work -- 4. Learning and imparting lessons in anti-imperialism : students in the Latin Quarter -- 5. The clearinghouse of world politics : international relations and colonialism -- 6. Communist intermediaries : the French Left, the Comintern, and anti-imperialists -- 7. A revolutionary lingua franca : anti-imperialism, civic rights, and the republican ethos -- 8. Vernacularizing nationalism : an outcome foretold? -- Biographical appendix
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-336) and index