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Citizenship from the Margins: Vernacular Theories of Rights and the State from the Interwar Caribbean

Putnam, Lara (2014) Citizenship from the Margins: Vernacular Theories of Rights and the State from the Interwar Caribbean. Journal of British Studies, 53 (1). 162 - 191. ISSN 0021-9371

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Abstract

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>This essay explores debates over political membership and rights within empire from the interwar British Caribbean. Although no formal status of imperial, British, or colonial citizenship existed in this era, British Caribbeans routinely hailed each other as meritorious local “citizens,” demanded political rights due them as “British citizens,” and decried rulers' failure to treat colored colonials equally with other “citizens” of the empire. In the same years, the hundreds of thousands of British West Indians who labored in circum-Caribbean republics like the United States, Panama, Cuba, Venezuela, and Costa Rica experienced firsthand the international consolidation of formal citizenship as a state-issued credential ensuring mobility and abode. This convergence pushed British Caribbeans at home and abroad to question the costs of political disfranchisement and the place of race within empire. The vernacular political philosophy they developed in response importantly complements the influential theories of citizenship and rights developed by European thinkers of the same generation, such as T. H. Marshall and Hannah Arendt.</jats:p>

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Item Type: Article
Status: Published
Creators/Authors:
CreatorsEmailPitt UsernameORCID
Putnam, Laralep12@pitt.eduLEP12
Date: January 2014
Date Type: Publication
Access Restriction: No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately.
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of British Studies
Volume: 53
Number: 1
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
Page Range: 162 - 191
DOI or Unique Handle: 10.1017/jbr.2013.241
Institution: University of Pittsburgh
Schools and Programs: Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > History
Refereed: Yes
ISSN: 0021-9371
Date Deposited: 04 Apr 2014 16:01
Last Modified: 04 Aug 2020 23:55
URI: http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/20921

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