Research Catalog

Title

C. L. R. James in imperial Britain / Christian Høgsbjerg.

Author

Høgsbjerg, Christian.

Publication

Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2014.

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Details

Description

xiv, 294 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Series Statement

C. L. R. James Archives

Uniform Title

C.L.R. James Archives (Series)

Subjects

• Political and social views
• England > London
• Homes
• James, C. L. R (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989 > Homes and haunts > England > London
• James, C. L. R (Cyril Lionel Robert), 1901-1989 > Political and social views

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-281) and index.

Contents

"We lived according to the tenets of Matthew Arnold" : colonial victorianism and the creative realism of the young C. L. R. James -- "Red Nelson" : the English working class and the making of C. L. R. James -- "Imperialism must be destroyed" : C. L. R. James, race, and revolutionary politics -- "The humbler type of cricket scribe" : C. L. R. James on sport, culture, and society -- "There is no drama like the drama of history" : the Black Jacobins, Toussaint Louverture, and the Haitian revolution -- "To exploit a larger world to conquer" : C. L. R. James's intellectual conquest of imperial Britain.

Call Number

Sc E 14-1275

ISBN

• 9780822356127 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 0822356120 (cloth : alk. paper)
• 9780822356189 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 082235618X (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2013026379

OCLC

853435896

Author

Høgsbjerg, Christian.

Title

C. L. R. James in imperial Britain / Christian Høgsbjerg.

Publisher

Durham ; London : Duke University Press, 2014.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

C. L. R. James Archives

C.L.R. James Archives (Series)

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-281) and index.

Research Call Number

Sc E 14-1275