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Race and Class in the Colonial Bahamas, 1880-1960 (Paperback)
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Race and Class in the Colonial Bahamas, 1880-1960 (Paperback)
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In this one-of-a-kind study of race and class in the Bahamas, Gail
Saunders shows how racial tensions were not necessarily parallel to
those across other British West Indian colonies but instead
mirrored the inflexible color line of the United States. Proximity
to the U.S. and geographic isolation from other British colonies
created a uniquely Bahamian interaction among racial groups.
Focusing on the post-emancipation period from the 1880s to the
1960s, Saunders considers the entrenched, though extra-legal,
segregation prevalent in most spheres of life that lasted well into
the 1950s. Saunders traces early black nationalist and
pan-Africanism movements, as well as the influence of Garveyism and
Prohibition during World War I. She examines the economic
depression of the 1930s and the subsequent boom in the tourism
industry, which boosted the economy but worsened racial tensions:
proponents of integration predicted disaster if white tourists
ceased traveling to the islands. Despite some upward mobility of
mixed-race and black Bahamians, the economy continued to be
dominated by the white elite, and trade unions and labor-based
parties came late to the Bahamas. Secondary education, al though
limited to those who could afford it, was the route to a better
life for nonwhite Bahamians and led to mixed-race and black persons
studying in professional fields, which ultimately brought about a
rising political consciousness. Training her lens on the nature of
relationships among the various racial and social groups in the
Bahamas, Saunders tells the story of how discrimination persisted
until at last squarely chal lenged by the majority of Bahamians.
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