C.L.R. JAMES

Hay pocos ensayos fundacionales, aquellos que suponen una antes y un después, cuyas ideas fecundas germinan y dan pie a debates fértiles y ramificaciones profundas. Los jacobinos negros es uno de ellos. Su lectura sobre la unica rebelion esclava exitosa de la historia, la revolucion haitiana de finales del siglo XVIII, es un parteaguas en la comprension de la historia del colonialismo y del capitalismo. Mas de dos siglos despues, la poblacion descendiente todavia paga el precio de enfrentarse victoriosamente a las imperios frances, español e ingles.¿Que hace tan decisiva la interpretacion de C. L. R. James sobre los acontecimientos desencadenados, a sangre y fuego, en esa isla del Caribe entre 1793 y 1804? El hecho de que su mirada desplazara el foco, por primera vez, de los victimarios europeos blancos a los centenares de miles de seres humanos que padecieron el secuestro, la deportacion, la violacion, la tortura y el asesinato a escala industrial. Un texto publicado en 1938, todavia plenamente vigente, y que cambio para siempre la historiografia de la lucha contra la esclavitud.

The only novel from the world-renowned writer C.L.R. James - this extraordinary, big-hearted exploration of class was the first novel by a black West Indian to be published in the UKA novel written nearly a hundred years ago that brings the past alive with such charm, vitality and humour. Bernardine Evaristo, from the Introduction As he walked home he looked up at the myriads of stars, shining in the moonlight. Did people live there? And if they did, what sort of life did they live? It is the 1920s in the Trinidadian capital, and Haynes world has been upended. His mother has passed away, and his carefully mapped-out future of gleaming opportunity has disappeared with her. Unable to afford his former life, he finds himself moving into Minty Alley - a bustling barrack yard teeming with energy and a spectacular cast of characters. In this sliver of West Indian working-class society, outrageous love affairs and passionate arguments are a daily fixture, and Haynes begins to slip from curious observer to the heart of the action. Minty Alley is a gloriously observed portrayal of class, community and the ways in which we are all inherently connected. An undisputed modern classi

En agosto de 1791, dos años después de la Revolución Francesa, los esclavos de Haití se rebelaron contra uno de los más estrictos regímenes esclavistas de toda América. Los jacobinos negros derrotaron paulatinamente a los blancos de la isla y a los soldados de la monarquia francesa, resistieron a una invasion española, a una expedicion britanica compuesta por 60.000 hombres y a una expedicion francesa comandada por el cuñado de Napoleon. La derrota del ejercito de Bonaparte en 1803 desemboco en la creacion del Estado negro de Haiti que perdura en la actualidad.

Theonly novelfrom the world-renowned writer C.L.R. James - this extraordinary, big-hearted exploration of class wasthe first novel by a black West Indian to be published in the UKA novel written nearly a hundred years ago that brings the past alive with such charm, vitality and humour.Bernardine Evaristo, from the IntroductionAs he walked home he looked up at the myriads of stars, shining in the moonlight. Did people live there? And if they did, what sort of life did they live?It is the 1920s in the Trinidadian capital, and Haynes world has been upended. His mother has passed away, and his carefully mapped-out future of gleaming opportunity has disappeared with her.Unable to afford his former life, he finds himself moving into Minty Alley - a bustling barrack yard teeming with energy and a spectacular cast of characters. In this sliver of West Indian working-class society, outrageous love affairs and passionate arguments are a daily fixture, and Haynes begins to slip from curious observer to the heart of the action.Minty Alley is a gloriously observed portrayal of class, community and the ways in which we are all inherently connected. An undisputed modern classic, this is an exceptional story told by one of the twentieth centurys greatest Caribbean thinkers.Selected by Booker Prize-winning author Bernardine Evaristo, this series rediscovers and celebrates pioneering books depicting black Britain that remap the nation.

A powerful and impassioned historical account of the largest successful revolt by enslaved people in history: the Haitian Revolution of 17911803One of the seminal texts about the history of slavery and abolition.... Provocative and empowering. The New York Times Book ReviewThe Black Jacobins, by Trinidadian historian C. L. R. James, was the first major analysis of the uprising that began in the wake of the storming of the Bastille in France and became the model for liberation movements from Africa to Cuba. It is the story of the French colony of San Domingo, a place where the brutality of plantation owners toward enslaved people was horrifyingly severe. And it is the story of a charismatic and barely literate enslaved person named Toussaint LOuverture, who successfully led the Black people of San Domingo against successive invasions by overwhelming French, Spanish, and English forcesand in the process helped form the first independent post-colonial nation in the Caribbean.With a new introduction (2023) by Professor David Scott.

Publicado originalmente en 1938 (el mismo año que su obra magna Los jacobinos negros) y ampliado en 1969, este trabajo sigue siendo el relato por antonomasia de la resistencia negra a nivel global.