{"product_id":"beyond-a-boundary-9780822355632","title":"Beyond a Boundary","description":"This new edition of C. L. R. James's classic \u003ci\u003eBeyond a Boundary\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of one of the greatest books on sport and culture ever written.\u003cp\u003eNamed one of the Top 50 Sports Books of All Time by \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBeyond a Boundary\u003c\/i\u003e . . . should find its place on the team with Izaak Walton, Ivan Turgenev, A. J. Liebling, and Ernest Hemingway.\"-\u003cb\u003eDerek Walcott\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As a player, James the writer was able to see in cricket a metaphor for art and politics, the collective experience providing a focus for group effort and individual performance. . . . [In] his scintillating memoir of his life in cricket, \u003ci\u003eBeyond a Boundary\u003c\/i\u003e (1963), James devoted some of his finest pages to this theme.\"-\u003cb\u003eEdward Said\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A work of double reverence-for the resilient, elegant ritualism of cricket and for the black people of the world.\"-\u003cb\u003eWhitney Balliett\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBeyond a Boundary\u003c\/i\u003e is a book of remarkable richness and force, which vastly expands our understanding of sports as an element of popular culture in the Western and colonial world.\"-\u003cb\u003eMark Naison\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Everything James has done has had the mark of originality, of his own flexible, sensitive, and deeply cultured intelligence. He conveys not a rigid doctrine but a delight and curiosity in all the manifestations of life, and the clue to everything lies in his proper appreciation of the game of cricket.\"-\u003cb\u003eE. P. Thompson\u003c\/b\u003e, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Making of the English Working Class\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eBeyond a Boundary\u003c\/i\u003e is . . . first and foremost an autobiography of a living legend-probably the greatest social theorist of our times.\"-\u003cb\u003eManning Marable\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Sport \u0026amp; Social Issues\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The great triumph of \u003ci\u003eBeyond a Boundary\u003c\/i\u003e is its ability to rise above genre and in its very form explore the complex nature of colonial West Indian society.\"-\u003cb\u003eCaryl Phillips\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-1520247\"\u003eC. L. R. James\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 5.90w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822355632\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822355639\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SPO\"\u003eSports \u0026amp; Recreation\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SPO054000\"\u003eCricket\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS015000\"\u003eEurope | Great Britain | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS041000\"\u003eCaribbean \u0026amp; West Indies | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eC. L. R. James (1901-89), a Trinidadian historian, political activist, and prolific writer, was one of the twentieth century's most important intellectuals. He is the author of a renowned study of the Haitian Revolution, \u003ci\u003eThe Black Jacobins\u003c\/i\u003e (1938), and a play, \u003ci\u003eToussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History\u003c\/i\u003e (1934), which is published by Duke University Press.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Duke University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42699167924461,"sku":"9780822355632","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_72fb9ac4-f147-4b9d-a718-296285791d0f.jpg?v=1649912943","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/beyond-a-boundary-9780822355632","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}