The Life of Captain Cipriani: An Account of British Government in the West Indies, with the pamphlet The Case for West-Indian Self Government

by C.L.R. James

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822356392
• ISBN13: 9780822356394
• Release Date: August 2014
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"