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Author Chamberlain, Mary, 1947-

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

Imprint Manchester, U.K. ; New York : Manchester University Press ; New York : Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

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 Axe ProQuest E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description xii, 216 p.
Series Studies in imperialism
Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-212) and index.
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.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject 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 -- Barbados.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780719078767 (hbk.)
0719078768 (hbk.)
9781847792785 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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