Base colonies in the Western hemisphere, 1940-1967 /
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Steven High.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
1st ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Basingstoke :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Palgrave Macmillan,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
2009.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xii, 299 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations maps ;
Dimensions
25 cm.
SERIES
Series Title
Studies of the Americas
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-279) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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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.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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"This book examines the consequences of the famous Anglo-American destroyers-for-bases deal of September 1940, which saw fifty aged US destroyers exchanged for extensive army and navy base sites in Trinidad, Bermuda and Newfoundland as well as smaller sites in British Guiana (Guyana), Antigua, St. Lucia, Jamaica and the Bahamas. While the diplomatic importance of the destroyers for bases deal has been widely acknowledged, few have examined the social impact of these "friendly invasions" on the base colonies themselves. The bases brought economic prosperity and social dislocation, raising nettlesome questions. Would the US impose Jim Crow as it had in the Panama Canal Zone? Were US servicemen subject to local law outside the leased areas? What were the effects of the US bases and how did they compare? Based on extensive archival research in the United States, Great Britain, Trinidad, Bermuda, and Canada, Base Colonies in the Western Hemisphere is the first study to answer these and other questions within a cross-regional comparative framework. The result is a fascinating exploration into race, class and empire."--Jacket.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Military bases, American-- Economic aspects-- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Military bases, American-- Economic aspects-- West Indies, British.
Military bases, American-- Political aspects-- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Military bases, American-- Political aspects-- West Indies, British.
Military bases, American-- Social aspects-- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Military bases, American-- Social aspects-- West Indies, British.