Bücher von Mary Chamberlain

Mary Chamberlain explores the nature and meaning of migration for Barbadians who migrated to Britain and elsewhere in this oral and social history, based on life-story interviews across three or more generations of Barbadian families.

This original and exciting book examines the processes of nation 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. Taking as a case study Barbados which, in the 1930s, was the most economically impoverished, racially divided, socially disadvantaged and politically conservative of the British West Indian colonies, Empire and nation-building tells the messy, multiple stories of how a colony progressed to a nation. It is the first book to tell all sides of the independence story and will be of interest to specialists and non-specialists interested in the history of Empire, the Caribbean, of de-colonisation and nation building.

A study based on 150 life story narratives across three generations of 45 families who originated in the former British West Indies. It offers a perspective on African-Caribbean families, their history, and the problems they face. It traces the evolution of Caribbean life; and makes comparisons with Indo-Caribbean families.