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BL
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961351
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b715721
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| Main Entry
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Horne, Gerald.
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| Title & Author
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Cold War in a hot zone : : the United States confronts labor and independence struggles in the British West Indies /\ Gerald Horne.
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| Publication Statement
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Philadelphia :: Temple University Press,, 2007.
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1 online resource (262 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) :: illustrations
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| ISBN
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1281243035
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: 159213629X
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: 9781281243034
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: 9781592136292
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1592136273
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1592136281
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9781592136278
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9781592136285
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-249) and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction -- Early organizing -- Big islands/big problems -- The labor of war -- When labor organizes -- Militant Jamaica -- Washington confronts the West Indies -- Will labor rule? -- Cold War in a hot zone -- The left retreats -- Small islands/huge impact -- Militant British Guiana -- Barbados vs. British Guiana -- Conclusion.
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| Abstract
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A fresh view of U.S involvement in the British West Indies during the Cold War.
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Labor movement-- West Indies, British-- History.
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Autonomy and independence movements.
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BUSINESS ECONOMICS-- Labor.
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Business Economics.
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Diplomatic relations.
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HISTORY-- General.
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Labor Workers' Economics.
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Labor movement.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Labor Industrial Relations.
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United States, Foreign relations, West Indies, British.
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West Indies, British, Foreign relations, United States.
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West Indies, British, History, Autonomy and independence movements.
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United States.
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West Indies, British West Indies.
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| Dewey Classification
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331.8809729/09171241
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| LC Classification
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HD8242.H67 2007eb
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