Jamaican volunteers in the First World War : race, masculinity and the development of national consciousness
Richard Smith explores the dynamics of race and masculinity to provide historical insight into the First World War and its imperial dimensions, examining the experiences of Jamaicans who served in British regiments
Print Book, English, 2004
Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave, Manchester, New York, 2004
History
ix, 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
9780719069857, 9780719069864, 0719069858, 0719069866
56657022
Introduction1. Degeneration and male hysteria: the wartime crisis of white masculinity2. ‘The cannon’s summoning roar’: Jamaica and the outbreak of war3. The recruitment of Jamaican volunteers4. Jamaican soldiers in Europe and the Middle East5. ‘their splendid physical proportions’: the black soldier in the white imagination6. Discrimination and mutiny7. Military endeavour, nationalism and Pan-AfricanismIndex -- .