Beyond a Boundary

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Described as C.L.R. James's autobiography in which he discusses Thomas Arnold's legacy and the public school ethos. The hosts quote extensively from it: James calls Arnold's influence 'one of the most fantastic transformations in the history of education and of culture' and says the code of manliness, decency, and fair play 'became the moral framework of my existence.' A fascinating book for understanding how British school values were exported globally.

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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'