1st Edition

An Analysis of C.L.R. James's The Black Jacobins

By Nick Broten Copyright 2017
104 Pages
by Macat Library

104 Pages
by Macat Library

104 Pages
by Macat Library

Today we take it for granted that history is much more than the story of great men and the elites from which they spring. Other forms of history – the histories of gender, class, rebellion and nonconformity – add much-needed context and color to our understanding of the past. But this has not always been so. In CLR James’s The Black Jacobins, we have one of the earliest, and most defining,... Read more

Ways in to the Text 

Who was C.L.R. James?  

What does The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution Say? 

Why does The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution Matter? 

Section 1: Influences 

Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context 

Module 2: Academic Context  

Module 3: The Problem  

Module 4: The Author's Contribution  

Section 2: Ideas  

Module 5: Main Ideas 

Module 6: Secondary Ideas  

Module 7: Achievement 

Module 8: Place in the Author's Work  

Section 3: Impact 

Module 9: The First Responses  

Module 10: The Evolving Debate 

Module 11: Impact and Influence Today 

Module 12: Where Next? 

Glossary of Terms  

People Mentioned in the Text 

Works Cited

Biography

Nick Broten was educated at the California Institute of Technology and the London School of Economics. He is doing postgraduate work at the Pardee RAND Graduate School and works as an assistant policy analyst at RAND. His current policy interests include designing distribution methods for end-of-life care, closing labour market skill gaps, and understanding biases in risk-taking by venture capitalists.