Making the Black Jacobins: C. L. R. James and the Drama of History

by Rachel Douglas

Book Overview

C. L. R. James's The Black Jacobins remains one of the great works of the twentieth century and the cornerstone of Haitian revolutionary studies. In Making The Black Jacobins, Rachel Douglas traces the genesis, transformation, and afterlives of James's landmark work across the decades from the 1930s on. Examining the 1938 and 1963 editions of The Black Jacobins, the 1967 play of the same name, and James's 1936 play, Toussaint...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1478004878
• ISBN13: 9781478004875
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.01 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"