This book examines the place and status of the Black soldiers of the British Army's West India Regiments from the late eighteenth century until their disbandment in 1927. Analysing their depiction in word and image, it sheds important new light on debates about race, Britishness and military service.
This book examines the place and status of the Black soldiers of the British Army's West India Regiments from the late eighteenth century until their disbandment in 1927. Analysing their depiction in word and image, it sheds important new light on debates about race, Britishness and military service.
David Lambert is Professor of Caribbean History at the University of Warwick. He is author of Mastering the Niger (2013) and White Creole Culture (2005).
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List of Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Race, Military Spectacle and the West India Regiments 2. The Spectre of a Black Soldiery 3. Establishing the Steady Black Soldier 4. The Reorientation of the West India Regiments 5. Displaying Valour: Samuel Hodge, VC 6. Neither Soldiers nor Warriors 7. Bringing the Troops Home 8. Remembering the West India Regiments Bibliography Index.
List of Figures Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations 1. Race, Military Spectacle and the West India Regiments 2. The Spectre of a Black Soldiery 3. Establishing the Steady Black Soldier 4. The Reorientation of the West India Regiments 5. Displaying Valour: Samuel Hodge, VC 6. Neither Soldiers nor Warriors 7. Bringing the Troops Home 8. Remembering the West India Regiments Bibliography Index.
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