Building a Nation: Caribbean Federation in the Black Diaspora

by Eric D. Duke

Book Overview

Caribbean Studies Association Gordon K. and Sybil Lewis Award - Honorable Mention

The initial push for a federation among British Caribbean colonies might have originated among colonial officials and white elites, but the banner for federation was quickly picked up by Afro-Caribbean activists who saw in the possibility of a united West Indian nation a means of securing political power and more.

In Building a Nation,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813064961
• ISBN13: 9780813064963
• Release Date: November 2018
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 384 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.2"