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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.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Chamberlain, Mary, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2010.
Colección:Studies in imperialism.
Temas:
1900-1999
Decolonization > Barbados.
Nation-building > Barbados.
Women in development > Barbados.
Décolonisation > Barbade.
Reconstruction d'une nation > Barbade.
Femmes dans le développement > Barbade.
HISTORY > Caribbean & West Indies > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Colonialism & Post-Colonialism.
History.
Autonomy and independence movements
Decolonization
Diplomatic relations
Nation-building
Politics and government
Women in development
Imperialismus > Nationalismus > Barbados > Geschichte 20. Jh.
Nationalismus > Imperialismus > Barbados > Geschichte 20. Jh.
Nationenbildung.
Barbados > Politics and government > 20th century.
Barbados > History > 20th century.
Barbados > Foreign relations > Great Britain.
Great Britain > Foreign relations > Barbados.
West Indies, British > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Barbade > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Barbade > Relations extérieures > Grande-Bretagne.
Grande-Bretagne > Relations extérieures > Barbade.
Antilles britanniques > Histoire > Autonomie et mouvements indépendantistes.
Barbados
Great Britain
West Indies > British West Indies
Barbados.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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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