Author

Books by C.L.R. James

C.L.R. James (1901–1989) was a Trinidadian historian, novelist, and political theorist whose work shaped twentieth-century thinking about colonialism, Caribbean culture, and Marxist politics. Born in Trinidad, he worked as a journalist and cricket writer before moving to Britain and later the United States. Beyond The Black Jacobins, he is known for Beyond a Boundary, a landmark examination of cricket and colonialism, and for The Case for West-Indian Self-Government. He was active in pan-African and Trotskyist movements and his writing influenced the generation of Caribbean and African independence leaders who came after him.