{"product_id":"clr-james-a-life-beyond-the-boundaries-9781472130136","title":"Clr James: A Life Beyond the Boundaries","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistorian, revolutionary and cricket writer, CLR James was one of the truly radical voices of the twentieth century. Born in Trinidad in the final days of the Victorian era, he debated with Trotsky, played cricket with Constantine, was published by Leonard and Virginia Woolf, inspired Kwame Nkrumah, and was a profound influence on the British Black Power movement. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd yet by the late 1970s, CLR James was all but forgotten. The books he had written over the past half century were nearly all out of print. There were a few circles in which his name rang a bell: serious students of Black history; obsessive cricket fans. But that was it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen he died in Brixton in 1989, CLR James was internationally famous - lauded as the greatest of Black British intellectuals: the 'Black Plato', according to \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe ideas he put forward in his own time - of the importance of identity alongside class, of rebellion coming from below, of the leading roles of Black people, women and youth in political struggle - have gradually made their way to the forefront of our political thinking. His two great books, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Jacobins\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBeyond a Boundary\u003c\/i\u003e, still have the power to change readers' understanding of the world today. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut while CLR James's work has been much examined, his long and remarkable life story has often been overlooked. For the first time, in a biography full of original research, human drama and keen insight, John L. Williams unveils the rich and compelling story of an intellectual giant. In doing so, he firmly establishes the importance of CLR James for the twenty-first century - if Black Britain has had a presiding genius, it remains CLR James.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Constable \u0026amp; Robinson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/18\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781472130136\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496","brand":"John L. Williams","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42342746489013,"sku":"9781472130136","price":28.04,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_1b5ace7d-b810-4ee2-adeb-a804ba5399c1.jpg?v=1661263283","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/clr-james-a-life-beyond-the-boundaries-9781472130136","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}