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.
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.
Anne Spry Rush's research interests include the nature of identity and culture in the modern British Empire, with an emphasis on imperial identity in the twentieth-century Caribbean and British Isles. She teaches history at the University of Maryland.
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Introduction Part One: Fashioning Britishness Prelude 1: Schooling Britons 2: Royalty and the Bonds of Empire Part Two: 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 Identities in Colonial Minds: The League of Coloured Peoples 6: 'One United Family': The World at War 7: Egalitarian Imperialism: The BBC and the West Indies 1920s-1940s Part Three: 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
Introduction Part One: Fashioning Britishness Prelude 1: Schooling Britons 2: Royalty and the Bonds of Empire Part Two: 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 Identities in Colonial Minds: The League of Coloured Peoples 6: 'One United Family': The World at War 7: Egalitarian Imperialism: The BBC and the West Indies 1920s-1940s Part Three: 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
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