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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.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Degeneration and male hysteria: the wartime crisis of white masculinity
2. ‘The cannon’s summoning roar’: Jamaica and the outbreak of war
3. The recruitment of Jamaican volunteers
4. Jamaican soldiers in Europe and the Middle East
5. ‘Their splendid physical proportions’: the black soldier in the white imagination
6. Discrimination and mutiny
7. Military endeavour, nationalism and Pan-Africanism
Index

Jamaican Volunteers in the First World War Race

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      Publisher: Manchester University Press
      Publication Date: 4/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780719069864, 978-0719069864
      ISBN10: 0719069866

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Table of Contents

      Introduction
      1. Degeneration and male hysteria: the wartime crisis of white masculinity
      2. ‘The cannon’s summoning roar’: Jamaica and the outbreak of war
      3. The recruitment of Jamaican volunteers
      4. Jamaican soldiers in Europe and the Middle East
      5. ‘Their splendid physical proportions’: the black soldier in the white imagination
      6. Discrimination and mutiny
      7. Military endeavour, nationalism and Pan-Africanism
      Index

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