C. L. R. James: The Life of Captain Cipriani

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The Life of Captain Cipriani (1932) is the earliest full-length work of nonfiction by the Trinidadian writer C. L. R. James, one of the most significant historians and Marxist theorists of the twentieth century. It is partly based on James's interviews with Arthur Andrew Cipriani (1875-1945). As a captain with the British West Indies Regiment during the First World War, Cipriani was greatly impressed by the service of black West Indian troops and appalled at their treatment during and after the war. After his return to the West Indies, he became a Trinidadian political leader and advocate for West Indian self-government. James's book is as much polemic as biography. Written in Trinidad and published in England, it is an early and powerful statement of West Indian nationalism. An excerpt, The Case for West-Indian Self Government, was issued by Leonard and Virginia Woolf's Hogarth Press in 1933. This volume includes the biography, the pamphlet, and a new introduction in which Bridget Brereton considers both texts and the young C. L. R. James in relation to Trinidadian and West Indian intellectual and social history. She discusses how James came to write his biography of Cipriani, how the book was received in the West Indies and Trinidad, and how, throughout his career, James would use biography to explore the dynamics of politics and history.

Über den Autor

C. L. R. James (1901–1989), a Trinidadian historian, political activist, and writer, is the author of The Black Jacobins, an influential study of the Haitian Revolution. His play Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History and his now-classic book on sport and culture, Beyond a Boundary, are both published by Duke University Press.

Bridget Brereton is Emerita Professor of History at the University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction / Bridget Brereton 1
The Life of Captain Cipriani: An Account of British Government in the West Indies

Foreword 37

1. The People Concerned 39

2. Early Days 61

3. With the B.W.I.R. 69

4. Captain Cipriani and the Labour Movement 85

5. Captain Cipriani and the Legislative Council 97

6. The Municipality and the Trinidad Electricity Company 121

7. The Divorce Legislation 133

8. Personal 155
The Case for West Indian Self Government

1. The English in the West Indies 169

2. The Governor-in-Executive Council 177

3. The Legislative Council 181

Index 195

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Fachbereich:	Regionalgeschichte
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780822356516
ISBN-10:	0822356511
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	James, C. L. R.
Hersteller:	Duke University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 11 mm
Von/Mit:	C. L. R. James
Erscheinungsdatum:	18.08.2014
Gewicht:	0,298 kg

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