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The first edition of Trinidadian writer C.L.R. James book, published in 1938, was considered for many years the definitive history of the Haitian Revolution. Though James infuses the book with Marxist overtones which can come off a bit heavy-handed, the book is well researched and still recognized as a worthwhile starting point for students of the period. | The first edition of Trinidadian writer C.L.R. James book, published in 1938, was considered for many years the definitive history of the Haitian Revolution. Though James infuses the book with Marxist overtones which can come off a bit heavy-handed, the book is well researched and still recognized as a worthwhile starting point for students of the period. | ||
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| + | *Marxists.org: [http://www.marxists.org/archive/james-clr/works/1939/12/negro-revolution.htm The Revolution and the Negro] - C.L.R. James article published in the ''New International'', Volume V, December 1939, pp. 339-343. under the name J.R Johnson. | ||
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The first edition of Trinidadian writer C.L.R. James book, published in 1938, was considered for many years the definitive history of the Haitian Revolution. Though James infuses the book with Marxist overtones which can come off a bit heavy-handed, the book is well researched and still recognized as a worthwhile starting point for students of the period. External Link
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| Title | The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouvertrue and the San Domingo Revolution |
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| Author | C.L.R. James |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-679-72467-2 |
| Publisher | Vintage Books |
| Date | 1989 |
| Place | New York |
| Copyright | 1963 |
| Pages | 426 |
