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
Summary
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
