Race, War and Nationalism: A Social History of West Indians in the First World War - Softcover

Howe, Glenford Deroy

9780852554821: Race, War and Nationalism: A Social History of West Indians in the First World War

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0852554826 ISBN 13: 9780852554821

Publisher: James Currey, 2002

This work provides an account of the West Indian soldiers in World War I. It focuses on the processes and politics surrounding the participation of Blacks in the war, and reveals the daily problems of Army life for West Indian recruits, the internal intricacies of army administration, the functions performed by West Indian soldiers and their difficult experiences after the war.

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About the Author:

Glenford Deroy Howe is a Research Officer at the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados. He has written and published extensively in the areas of Health and Education. His doctoral thesis, on which this book is based, was made into a documentary film and broadcast on Channel 4 TV, UK, in 1999

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