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Empire and nation-building in the Caribbean : Barbados, 1937-66 Cover Image

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Empire and nation-building in the Caribbean : Barbados, 1937-66

Chamberlain, Mary 1947- (Author).

Summary: This book examines the processes of national building in the British West Indies. It argues that nation building was a more complex and messy affair, involving women and men in a range of social and cultural activities, in a variety of migratory settings, within a unique geo-political context.

Record details

ISBN: 0719078768
ISBN: 9780719078767
ISBN: 9781847792785
ISBN: 1847792782
ISBN: 1781701997
ISBN: 9781781701997
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xii, 216 pages)
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Publisher: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction -- The 'romance' of foreign: distance, perspective and an inclusive nationhood -- The exigencies of 'home': Barbadian poverty and British nation-building -- Gender and the moral economy -- Race, nation and the politics of memory -- 'A common language of the spirit': cultural awakenings and national belongings -- From diffidence to desperation: the British, the Americans, the war and the move to Federation -- Conclusion.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.