C.L.R. James: A Political BiographyC. L. R. James: A Political Biography offers the first sustained account of the life and work of one of the twentieth-century's most important radical intellectuals. C. L. R. James (1901-1989) was born and raised in Trinidad and became one of the most prominent figures to emerge out of the West Indian diaspora. He authored numerous books and essays on Caribbean history, Marxist theory, literary criticism, Western civilization, African politics, Hegelian philosophy, and popular culture. His best known works, The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution, and Beyond a Boundary are classics of twentieth-century thought. James played an active part in democratic movements in the West Indies and Africa as well as in left-wing and Pan-African campaigns in Britain, the United States, and Trinidad. |
Contents
PART ONE | 1 |
Beyond a Boundary | 3 |
Modern Politics | 27 |
PART TWO | 53 |
Education Propaganda Agitation | 55 |
Mariners Renegades and Castaways | 83 |
Facing Reality | 117 |
PART THREE | 145 |
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