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C. L. R. James's Caribbean Revised Edition
Contributor(s): Henry, Paget (Editor)
ISBN: 0822312441     ISBN-13: 9780822312444
Publisher: Duke University Press
OUR PRICE:   $26.55  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: June 1992
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Annotation: Drawing upon James's observations of his own life as revealed to interviewers and close friends, this volume provides an examination of James's childhood and early years as colonial literature and his massive contribution to West Indian political-cultural understanding.
Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Social Science | Black Studies (global)
- Philosophy | Political
Dewey: B
LCCN: 91042237
Lexile Measure: 1390
Physical Information: 0.83" H x 5.88" W x 8.93" (1.06 lbs) 304 pages
Themes:
- Ethnic Orientation - African American
 
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Publisher Description:
For more than half a century, C. L. R. James (1901-1989)-"the Black Plato," as coined by the London Times-has been an internationally renowned revolutionary thinker, writer, and activist. Born in Trinidad, his lifelong work was devoted to understanding and transforming race and class exploitation in his native West Indies, as well as in Britain and the United States. In C. L. R. James's Caribbean, noted scholars examine the roots of both James's life and oeuvre in connection with the economic, social, and political environment of the West Indies.

Drawing upon James's observations of his own life as revealed to interviewers and close friends, this volume provides an examination of James's childhood and early years as colonial literatteur and his massive contribution to West Indian political-cultural understanding. Moving beyond previous biographical interpretations, the contributors here take up the problem of reading James's texts in light of poststructuralist criticism, the implications of his texts for Marxist discourse, and for problems of Caribbean development.