| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 274 pages) |
| Contents |
""Cover""; ""Contetns""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""I: FASHIONING BRITISHNESS""; ""Prelude""; ""1. Schooling Britons""; ""2. Royalty and the Bonds of Empire""; ""II: THE PEOPLE�S EMPIRE: MOBILIZING THE POWER OF BRITISHNESS""; ""Prelude""; ""3. A Model for Secession? The 1936 Abdication Crisis""; ""4. Hewing to Tradition: Education Debates in the 1930s and 1940s""; ""5. Imperial Identity in Colonial Minds: Harold Moody and the League of Coloured Peoples""; ""6. �One United Family�: The World at War""; ""7. Egalitarian Imperialism: The BBC and the West Indies"" |
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""III: CONTINUITY WITHIN CHANGE: BRITISHNESS IN A NEW WORLD""""Prelude""; ""8. �A Bridge Between�: The BBC�s Colonial Service""; ""9. Modern Raleighs in a New Elizabethan Age""; ""10. Business as Usual: Caribbean Britishness in West Indian Schools""; ""Conclusion""; ""Appendix""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
| Summary |
This is an examination of how, from 1900 through the 1960s, West Indians employed their British identity both to establish a place for themselves in the British imperial world, and to negotiate the cultural challenges of decolonization as Caribbean peoples |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 246-262) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
West Indians -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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Ethnology -- West Indies, British
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National characteristics, British.
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National characteristics, West Indian.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Black Studies (Global)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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Civilization
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Ethnology
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National characteristics, British
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National characteristics, West Indian
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West Indians -- Social life and customs
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| SUBJECT |
West Indies, British -- Civilization -- 20th century
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| Subject |
West Indies -- British West Indies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780191618499 |
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0191618497 |
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