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Empire and nation-building in the Caribbean [electronic resource] : Barbados, 1937-66 / Mary Chamberlain.

By: Chamberlain, Mary, 1947-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England): Publisher: Manchester, U.K. ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Description: xii, 216 p.Subject(s): Decolonization -- Barbados | Nation-building -- Barbados | Women in development -- Barbados | Barbados -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Barbados -- History -- 20th century | Barbados -- Foreign relations -- Great Britain | Great Britain -- Foreign relations -- BarbadosGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 972.981 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
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.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-212) and index.

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.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.

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