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.
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.
Richard Smith wrote his PhD thesis on China's economic reforms and has written extensively Chinese issues for New Left Review, Monthly Review, Real-World Economics Review, and Ecologist. He has also written essays collected in Green Capitalism: The God that Failed (2016) and in The Democracy Collaborative's Next System Project (2017). Smith is also a founding member of the US-based group System Change Not Climate Change.
Inhaltsangabe
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
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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