Overview
- Addresses Jamaican women’s previously unrecognised roles in both World Wars
- Provides rare accounts of military service through women's personal recollections
- Establishes a link between Jamaican women’s wartime service and general improvements in their socio-political status
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Table of contents(8 chapters)
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Authors and Affiliations
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University of the West Indies , Kingston, Jamaica
Dalea Bean
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Jamaican Women and the World Wars
Book Subtitle: On the Front Lines of Change
Authors: Dalea Bean
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68585-4
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: History, History (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-68584-7Published: 14 December 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-88625-1Published: 04 September 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-68585-4Published: 04 December 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 245
Number of Illustrations: 6 b/w illustrations
Topics: History of Military, Women's Studies, Social History, Imperialism and Colonialism, Gender and Sexuality