{"product_id":"the-young-clr-james-9781629635149","title":"The Young C.L.R. James","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis unique comic by Milton Knight illuminates the early years of C.L.R. James (1901-1989), known in much later years as the \u003cem\u003elast great Pan-Africanist\u003c\/em\u003e. The son of a provincial school administrator in British-governed Trinidad, James disappointed his family by embracing the culture and passions of the colonial underclass, Carnival and cricket.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHe joined the literary avant-garde of the island before leaving for Britain. In the UK, James swiftly became a beloved cricket journalist, a playwright for his close friend Paul Robeson, and a pathbreaking scholar of black history with \u003cem\u003eThe Black Jacobins\u003c\/em\u003e (1938), the first history of the Haitian revolt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe artistic skills of Milton Knight, at once acute and provocative, bring out James's unique personality, how it arose, and how he became a world figure.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471853699308,"sku":"9781629635149","price":14.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/10de6bad7ffe2b0996c7f4c2e497acf1.jpg?v=1775693645","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-young-clr-james-9781629635149","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}