{"product_id":"imperium-in-imperio-9781952271588","title":"Imperium in Imperio","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new critical edition of Sutton Griggs's turn-of-the-twentieth-century novel, which continues to shed light on understandings of Black politics.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Sutton E. Griggs's first novel, originally published in 1899, paints a searing picture of the violent enforcement of disfranchisement and Jim Crow racial segregation. Based on events of the time, including US imperial policies, revolutionary movements, and racial protests, \u003ci\u003eImperium in Imperio\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the fictional Belton Piedmont and Bernard Belgrave as \"future leaders of their race\" and uses these characters to make sense of the violence that marked the dawn of the twentieth century. Taking on contemporary battles over separatism and integration, Griggs's novel continues to play a crucial role in understandings of Black politics.\u003cp\u003eEdited and introduced by Tess Chakkalakal and Kenneth W. Warren, this new critical edition offers not only an incisive biographical and historical introduction to the novel and its author but also a wealth of references that make the events and characters of Griggs's \u003ci\u003eImperium in Imperio\u003c\/i\u003e, and its aftermath, accessible to readers today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTess Chakkalakal is associate professor of Africana studies and English at Bowdoin College and the author of \u003ci\u003eNovel Bondage: Slavery, Marriage, and Freedom in Nineteenth-Century America\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Kenneth W. Warren is Fairfax M. Cone Distinguished Service Professor in English at the University of Chicago and the author of \u003ci\u003eWhat Was African American Literature?\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"West Virginia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51424394182930,"sku":"9781952271588","price":27.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8418a18e-0daf-4307-bc58-544bb29afaed.jpg?v=1751373877","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/imperium-in-imperio-9781952271588","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}