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Faith Smith examines everyday voices in Jamaica and Trinidad during the quiet period between the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion and World War I in the British Caribbean's history to discern sentiments about empire and nationhood.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. Introducing a Quiet Period 1
1. Cuba, South Africa, and the Anglophone Caribbean’s New Imperial Century 33
2. Ruination’s Intimate Architecture 68
3. Photography’s “Typical Negro” 118
4. Plotting Inheritance 144
Coda 186
Notes 191
Bibliography 229
Index 257

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      Publisher: Duke University Press
      Publication Date: 07/04/2023
      ISBN13: 9781478019688, 978-1478019688
      ISBN10: 1478019689

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Faith Smith examines everyday voices in Jamaica and Trinidad during the quiet period between the 1865 Morant Bay Rebellion and World War I in the British Caribbean's history to discern sentiments about empire and nationhood.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgments ix
      Introduction. Introducing a Quiet Period 1
      1. Cuba, South Africa, and the Anglophone Caribbean’s New Imperial Century 33
      2. Ruination’s Intimate Architecture 68
      3. Photography’s “Typical Negro” 118
      4. Plotting Inheritance 144
      Coda 186
      Notes 191
      Bibliography 229
      Index 257

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