The Life of Captain Cipriani – An Account of British Government in the West Ind…
The Life of Captain CiprianiAn Account of British Government in the West Indies, with the Pamphlet the Case for West-Indian Self Government\nAuthor(s): C. L. R. James\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Duke University Press, United States\nImprint: Duke University Press\nISBN-13: 9780822356394, 978-0822356394\nSynopsis\nThe Life of Captain Cipriani [tel] is the earliest full-length work of nonfiction by the Trinidadian writer C. L. R. James, one of the most significant historians and Marxist theorists of the twentieth century. It is partly based on James's interviews with Arthur Andrew Cipriani [tel]. As a captain with the British West Indies Regiment during the First World War, Cipriani was greatly impressed by the service of black West Indian troops and appalled at their treatment during and after the war. After his return to the West Indies, he became a Trinidadian political leader and advocate for West Indian self-government. James's book is as much polemic as biography. Written in Tr.
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