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100 1 _aChamberlain, Mary.
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245 1 0 _aEmpire and nation-building in the Caribbean
_bBarbados, 1937-66.
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260 _aManchester :
_bManchester University Press,
_c(c)2010.
300 _a1 online resource (231 pages)
336 _atext
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490 1 _aStudies in Imperialism
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505 0 0 _a9780719078767; 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.
520 0 _aThis 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.
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650 4 _aBarbados
_xForeign relations
_zGreat Britain.
650 4 _aBarbados
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 4 _aBarbados
_xPolitics and government
_y20th century.
650 4 _aDecolonization
_zBarbados.
650 4 _aGreat Britain
_xForeign relations
_zBarbados.
650 4 _aNation-building
_zBarbados.
650 4 _aWomen in development
_zBarbados.
650 0 _aDecolonization
_zBarbados.
650 0 _aNation-building
_zBarbados.
650 0 _aWomen in development
_zBarbados.
655 1 _aElectronic Books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=515115&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518
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_bCynthia Snell
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_dCynthia Snell