Shepherd, George W.

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SHEPHERD, George W.

SHEPHERD, George W. American (born China), b. 1926. Genres: Politics/ Government, Race relations, Area studies, Civil liberties/Human rights, International relations/Current affairs, Essays, Autobiography/Memoirs. Career: Emeritus Professor and Director, International Race Relations Center, University of Denver, 1992- (Assistant Professor, 1961-68; Professor and Director, 1968-92); University of New Mexico, Taos, Adjunct Professor, 1998. Publications: They Wait in Darkness, 1955; Politics of African Nationalism, 1962; Nonaligned Black Africa, 1970; Racial Influences on U.S. Foreign Policy, 1970; Anti-Apartheid, 1977; The Trampled Grass: Tributary States and Self-Reliance in the Indian Ocean Zone of Peace, 1987; Economic Justice in Africa, 1994. EDITOR: (with M.O. Anikpo) Emerging Human Rights: The African Political Economy Context, 1990; Effective Sanctions on South Africa: The Cutting Edge of Economic Intervention, 1991. Address: International Race Relations Center, University of Denver, Denver, CO 80210, U.S.A. Online address: GeoS@LaPlaza.org

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