Title: Empire and nation-building in the Caribbean : Barbados, 1937-66 /
Authors: Chamberlain, Mary, 1947-
Publisher: Manchester University Press,
Year: 2010
Subjects: Decolonization Barbados.; Nation-building Barbados.; Women in development Barbados.; History.; Barbados Politics and government; Barbados History; Barbados Foreign relations Great Britain.; Great Britain Foreign relations Barbados.
Abstract: 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.