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.