Chamberlain, Mary, 1947-

Empire and nation-building in the Caribbean Barbados, 1937-66 / [electronic resource] : Mary Chamberlain. - Manchester, U.K. ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010. - xii, 216 p. - Studies in imperialism . - Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England) .

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.


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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.


Electronic books.

F2041 / .C478 2010eb

972.981