Smith, Richard,  1960- <br/><br/>
Jamaican volunteers in the First World War :  race, masculinity and the development of national consciousness / 
Richard Smith. 
 - Manchester ;  New York :  New York :  Manchester University Press ;  Distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave,  2004. 
 - ix, 180 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/> Introduction : Jamaica May 1938 --  Degeneration and male hysteria : the wartime crisis of white masculinity --  'The cannon's summoning roar' : Jamaica and the outbreak of war --  recruitment of Jamaican volunteers --  Jamaican soldiers in Europe and the Middle East --  'Their splendid physical proportions' : the black soldier in the white imagination --  Discrimination and mutiny --  Military endeavour, nationalism and pan-Africanism.  1.  2.  3.  4.  5.  6.  7. 
<br/><br/> Richard Smith explores the dynamics of race and masculinity to provide historical insight into the First World War and its imperial dimensions, examining the experiences of Jamaicans who served in British regiments. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0719069858 9780719069857 
<br/><br/><label>Standard No.: </label>9780719069857 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005274618 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. No.: </label>GBA456332  bnb 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>012962971  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Chronological Terms: </label><br/>To 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>World War, 1914-1918--Jamaica.<br/>Armed Forces--Minorities.<br/>Recruiting and enlistment.<br/>Freiwilliger<br/>Weltkrieg<br/>Milit ar
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Armed Forces--Recruiting, enlistment, etc.--World War, 1914-1918.<br/>Great Britain--Armed Forces--Minorities--History--20th century.<br/>Jamaica--History--To 1962.<br/>Great Britain.<br/>Jamaica.<br/>Jamaika<br/>Gro britannien<br/>Jamaikaner.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>History.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>D547.J3  / S65 2004 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>940.4/097292