Author: DHONDY, FARRUKH
Title: C.L. R. James - Cricket, the Caribbean and World Revolution
Description: London, Weidenfeld and Nicolson. 2001, First Edition. (ISBN: 0297646133). Hard Cover, 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A Fine unmarked copy with Fine dustjacket which is not price clipped. xv + 190 pages. Cyril Lionel Robert James (1901-1989) will be remembered for as long as cricket is played anywhere in the world. He was an Afro-Trinidadian historian, journalist, socialist theorist and essayist. His works are influential in various theoretical, social, and historiographical contexts. Farrukh Dhondy's biography traces James's long career and many reinventions, and assesses the contribution he made to Marxism, to the development of Black consciousness in Britain, and celebrates his love of cricket. Throughout the book, Dhondy draws on his friendship with James. 16. Fine/Fine.

Keywords: Cricket, Marxism, Socialist Theorist, Caribbean, Afro-Nationalism 0297646133


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