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Author High, Steven C.

Title Base colonies in the Western hemisphere, 1940-1967 / Steven High
Edition 1st ed
Published Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 299 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Studies of the Americas
Studies of the Americas.
Contents Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The United States and Hemispheric Defense; 2 The Tourism Politics of Base Location in Bermuda; 3 Working for Uncle Sam in Newfoundland; 4 "You Can't Eat Dignity": Race and Labor in the British Caribbean; 5 Building Bases on a Jim Crow Island; 6 The American Occupation of Stephenville, Newfoundland; 7 The Racial Politics of Criminal Jurisdiction; 8 From Slavery to Chaguaramas; Conclusion: Stepping Stones to New Empires; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary 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. In his message to Congress, President Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that the deal was the most important action in the reinforcement of our national defense that has been taken since the Louisiana Purchase. While the comparison seems an unlikely one today, as the 99 year leased bases did not play a prominent role in the subsequent fighting, few Americans would have disagreed with Roosevelt's comparison in September 1940. 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-279) and index
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Subject Military bases, American -- Social aspects -- West Indies, British
Military bases, American -- Social aspects -- Newfoundland and Labrador
Military bases, American -- Political aspects -- West Indies, British
Military bases, American -- Political aspects -- Newfoundland and Labrador
Military bases, American -- Economic aspects -- West Indies, British
Military bases, American -- Economic aspects -- Newfoundland and Labrador
International relations.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science.
HISTORY -- Military -- Other.
Politics and Government.
Military bases, American -- Economic aspects
Military bases, American -- Social aspects
Military relations
Strategic aspects of individual places
SUBJECT West Indies, British -- Strategic aspects
Newfoundland and Labrador -- Strategic aspects
Great Britain -- Military relations -- United States
United States -- Military relations -- Great Britain
Subject Great Britain
Newfoundland and Labrador
United States
West Indies -- British West Indies
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780230618046
0230618049
1282277987
9781282277984