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Synopsis
In his study of Herman Melville, "Mariners, Renegades and Castaways" (1976) C.L.R. James wrote: "My ultimate aim...is to write a study of American Civilization". This project, long in gestation, at last sees the light of day in this posthumous publication of what may be seen as the most wide-ranging expression of James's thought, the link between his mature writings on politics and his semi-autobiographical work, "Beyond a Boundary". In the tradition of de Tocqueville's "Democracy in America", James addresses the fundamental question of the "right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness". Ranging across American politics, society and culture, C.L.R. James sets out to integrate his analysis of American society in transition with a commentary on the popular arts of cinema and literature.
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American Civilisation is the last major unpublished work by one of the century′s great radical writers.
In the tradition of de Tocqueville′s Democracy in America, James addresses the fundamental question of the "right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness". Ranging widely across all aspects of American politics, society and culture, he brings together the abstract and the concrete, integrating his analysis of American Society in transition with a broad and fascinating commentary on literature and the popular arts. The book also provides an outstanding discussion of the role of blacks, women, and intellectuals in modern America.
This long–awaited publication may be seen as the most wide–ranging expression of James′s thought, the indispensable link between his mature writings on politics and his semi–autobigraphical masterpiece, Beyond a Boundary.
Revue de presse
"The publication of American Civilization fills a crucial gap in efforts to extract a usable past from the monumental work of C. L. R. James. His broad, eclectic survey of the state of the labour movement, literature, popular culture, race relations, and industrialization in the United States shows us James, the interantional socialist, making sense of a culture at once fiercely individualistic and scarily conformist." Andrew Rose.
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AMERICAN CIVILIZATION.
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Blackwell Publishers, Cambridge, 1993
ISBN 10 : 0631189084
ISBN 13 : 9780631189084
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8vo. Pp: x, 385. Publisher's laminated black boards with colour illustration and white lettering to front, black and white photo and white lettering to spine, and yellow and white lettering to rear. Black and white plate frontispiece. ISBN: 9780631189084 Very good. Book is somewhat warped. Slight spotting to top edge, fore edge, and bottom edge of text block. Some spots to front end papers, title page, and rear end papers. N° de réf. du vendeur C71222
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