An Unofficial 'The Rest Is History' Reading List

C.L.R. James

3 books referenced

Books by C.L.R. James

The Black Jacobins

Referenced in 2 episodes

367. The Real Harry Potter: Magic, Empire and Beastly Bullies

September 10, 2023

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Mentioned as 'his brilliant book' when discussing C.L.R. James as a great intellectual from the Caribbean

211. London: People (Part 3)

July 20, 2022

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Described as 'a book that's still very, very famous, incredibly readable' about Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian revolution, called 'the definitive account of the Haitian revolution' for decades

Beyond a Boundary

Referenced in 2 episodes

367. The Real Harry Potter: Magic, Empire and Beastly Bullies

September 10, 2023

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Described as C.L.R. James's autobiography where he discusses Thomas Arnold's legacy and the public school ethos

25. Empires

February 22, 2021

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Tom mentions reading this book about cricket when discussing how anti-imperialism was paradoxically exported by the British. He notes that James wrote as 'a Marxist who's very, very anti-imperial' yet the book is 'incredibly British' and 'saturated in English literature'

Beyond the Boundary

Referenced in 1 episode

211. London: People (Part 3)

July 20, 2022

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Described as James's 'great masterpiece' and 'widely held to be not just the best book on cricket, but one of the best books on sport ever written' - discussed extensively as a work of post-colonial literature