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C.L.R. James

HaitianJanuary 4, 1901 – May 31, 1989Political Writing

James's The Black Jacobins is the most brilliant history of the Haitian Revolution and a founding text of postcolonial thought. His Beyond a Boundary is widely considered the greatest book ever written about cricket and colonial society.

Works

  • The Black JacobinsHistory of Haitian Revolution and liberation of enslaved people→
  • Beyond a BoundaryEssays on cricket, colonialism, and culture in Caribbean and beyond→
  • World RevolutionAnalysis of international communist movements and revolutionary politics→
  • Mariners, Renegades and CastawaysEssay connecting Moby Dick to revolutionary thought and political liberation→
  • Notes on DialecticsEssays on Hegelian dialectics and revolutionary marxist political theory→
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