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JAMAICAN VOLUNTEERS IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR
RACE, MASCULINITY AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF NATIONAL CONSCIOUSNESS |
| By: |
Richard Smith |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£15.99 |
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£14.39 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0719069866 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780719069864 |
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| Publisher: |
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
30 January, 2010 |
| Pages: |
192 |
| Description: |
A groundbreaking study that uncovers the expereince of black Jamaican soldiers to provide a fresh historical insight into the First World War. A book that will appeal to undergraduates and general readers interested in warfare, Imperial and black history. -- . |
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Newly available in paperback, this study explores the dynamics of race and masculinity to provide fresh historical insight into the First World War and its Imperial dimensions, examining the experiences of Jamaicans who served in British regiments.Reluctance to accept West Indian volunteers was rooted in the belief that black men lacked the qualities necessary for modern warfare. This, combined with fears over white racial degeneration, resulted in the need to preserve established hierarchies, which was achieved through the exclusion of black soldiers from the front line and their confinement in labour battalions.However, the author shows that despite this exclusion, the experience of war was invaluable in allowing veterans to appropriate codes of heroism, sacrifice and citizenship in order to wage their own battles for independence on their return home, culminating in the nationalist upsurge of the late 1930s.This book offers a lively and accessible account that will prove invaluable to those studying the Imperial dimensions of the First World War, as well and those interested in the wider notions of race and masculinity in the British Empire. -- . |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations, black & white |
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UK |
| Imprint: |
Manchester University Press |
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Non-returnable |
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