Empire and nation-building in the Caribbean Barbados, 1937-66.
- Manchester : Manchester University Press, (c)2010.
- 1 online resource (231 pages)
- Studies in Imperialism .
Includes bibliographies and index.
9780719078767; 9780719078767; Copyright Page; CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES; GENERAL EDITOR'S INTRODUCTION; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 Introduction; 2 The 'romance' of foreign:distance, perspective and an 'inclusive nationhood'; 3 The exigencies of 'home': Barbadian poverty and British nation-building; 4 Gender and the moral economy; 5 Race, nation and the politics of memory; 6 'A common language of the spirit': cultural awakenings and national belongings; 7 From diffidence to desperation:the British, the Americans, the War and the move to Federation; 8 Conclusion; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
This original and exciting book examines the processes of nation 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. Taking as a case study Barbados which, in the 1930s, was the most economically impoverished, racially divided, socially disadvantaged and politically conservative of the British West Indian colonies, *Empire and nation-building* tells the messy, multiple stories of how a colony progre.
9781847792785
Barbados--Foreign relations--Great Britain. Barbados--History--20th century. Barbados--Politics and government--20th century. Decolonization--Barbados. Great Britain--Foreign relations--Barbados. Nation-building--Barbados. Women in development--Barbados. Decolonization--Barbados. Nation-building--Barbados. Women in development--Barbados.