Neither led nor driven
Subtitle: contesting British cultural imperialism in Jamaica, 1865-1920 /Brian L. Moore and Michele A. Johnson.
Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Mona
Language: eng
Number of pages: 475
Description: "This book examines the cultural evolution of the Jamaican people after the explosive uprising at Morant Bay in 1865. It offers an analysis of the cultural tapestry fashioned by the Jamaican people and the specific methods used by British imperial legislators and the cultural elite in the attempt to inculcate order and control and to build a new society in Jamaica founded on the principles of Victorian Christian morality and British imperial ideology." "Moore and Johnson demonstrate that this attempt resulted in a sustained attack on everything that was perceived to be of African origin and the glorification of Christian piety, Victorian mores, and a Eurocentric "ideal" of family life and social hierarchies."--Jacket.