Empire and Nation-Building in the Caribbean - Barbados, 1937-66

Informationen zum Autor Mary Chamberlain is Emeritus Professor of Caribbean History at Oxford Brookes University Klappentext This original and exciting book examines the processes of nation building in the British West Indies. Zusammenfassung This original and exciting book examines the processes of nation building in the British West Indies. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements1. Introduction 2. The 'romance' of foreign: distance, perspective and an inclusive nationhood3. The exigencies of 'home': Barbadian poverty and British nation-building4. Gender and the moral economy5. Race, nation and the politics of memory6. A common language of the spirit': cultural awakenings and national belongings7. From diffidence to desperation: the British, the Americans, the war and the move to Federation8. ConclusionBibliographyTablesIndex

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• Authors: Mary Chamberlain, CHAMBERLAIN MARY
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2010
• EAN: 9780719078767
• ISBN: 978-0-7190-7876-7
• No. of pages: 232
• Series: Studies in Imperialism; Studies in Imperialism (Hardco
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous