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BL
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967364
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b721734
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High, Steven C.
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| Title & Author
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Base colonies in the Western hemisphere, 1940-1967 /\ Steven High.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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Basingstoke :: Palgrave Macmillan,, 2009.
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| Series Statement
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Studies of the Americas
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| Page. NO
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xii, 299 pages :: illustrations maps ;; 25 cm.
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| ISBN
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0230609430
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: 9780230609433
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-279) and index.
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| Contents
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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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| 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.
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Military bases, American-- Economic aspects-- Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Military bases, American-- Economic aspects-- West Indies, British.
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Military bases, American-- Political aspects-- Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Military bases, American-- Political aspects-- West Indies, British.
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Military bases, American-- Social aspects-- Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Military bases, American-- Social aspects-- West Indies, British.
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Militärstützpunkt
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Military bases, American-- Economic aspects.
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Military bases, American-- Social aspects.
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Military relations.
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Soziale Situation
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Strategic aspects of individual places.
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Great Britain, Military relations, United States.
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Newfoundland and Labrador, Strategic aspects.
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United States, Military relations, Great Britain.
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West Indies, British, Strategic aspects.
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Great Britain.
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Newfoundland and Labrador.
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Newfoundland
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United States.
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USA
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USA.
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West Indies, British West Indies.
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Westindien
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| Dewey Classification
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355.709171241
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| LC Classification
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UA26.A2H54 2009
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15.87bcl
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15.88bcl
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7,26ssgn
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89.85bcl
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