Empire and nation-building in the Caribbean
Subtitle: Barbados, 1937-66
By: Mary Chamberlain
Series: Studies in imperialism; Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Publisher: Manchester University Press; Distributed  in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Manchester, UK; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780719078767
Subjects: Politics and government; Women in development; Decolonization; Nation-building; Foreign relations; History
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-212) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The 'romance' of foreign: distance, perspective and an inclusive nationhood; title: The exigencies of 'home': Barbadian poverty and British nation-building; title: Gender and the moral economy; title: Race, nation and the politics of memory; title: 'A common language of the spirit': cultural awakenings and national belongings; title: From diffidence to desperation: the British, the Americans, the war and the move to Federation; title: Conclusion.