The Black Jacobins: Toussaint l'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by James, C. L. R.
The Black Jacobins: Toussaint l'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution by James, C. L. R.
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Author: C. L. R. James
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 10/23/1989
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 7.80h x 5.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9780679724674
About the Author
C. L. R. JAMES (1901-1989) was a Trinidadian-born historian, literary critic, and philosopher, and a leader of the pan-African movement. A prodigious and eclectic intellectual, he debated Marcus Garvey in England, confronted Trotsky in Mexico, and influenced leaders of African revolutions including Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana. He is perhaps best remembered for his 1938 masterwork, The Black Jacobins, the first major analysis of the Haitian Revolution in the context of the French Revolution. In addition to his works of history and his political activism, he was known for sports writing, playwriting, and fiction; his novel Minty Alley, written in 1927, was the first by a Black person from the West Indies to be published in Britain and his 1963 book, Beyond a Boundary, has been hailed as the best book on cricket ever written.