High Base Colonies in the Western Hemisphere, 1940–1967

2009
ISBN: 978-0-230-61804-6
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 299 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: Studies of the Americas

This book examines the social, economic and political aftermath of the famous Anglo-American 'destroyers-for-bases' deal of 2nd September 1940 that saw fifty obsolete U.S. destroyers exchanged for 'base colonies' in Trinidad, Bermuda, Newfoundland and the Bahamas.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

High, S.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction The United States and Hemispheric Defense The Tourism Politics of Base Location in Bermuda Working for Uncle Sam in Newfoundland "You Can't Eat Dignity": Race and Labor in the British Caribbean Building Bases on a Jim Crow Island The American Occupation of Stephenville, Newfoundland The Racial Politics of Criminal Jurisdiction From Slavery to Chaguaramas Conclusion: Stepping Stones to New Empires Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

STEVEN HIGH is Associate Professor in Public History at Concordia University, Canada.