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Base colonies in the Western hemisphere, 1940-1967

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : Monograph/item
正題名/作者:	Base colonies in the Western hemisphere, 1940-1967Steven High.
作者:	High, Steven C.
出版者:	Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan,2009.
面頁冊數:	xii, 299 p. :ill. maps ;25 cm.
標題:	Military bases, AmericanSocial aspectsWest Indies, British.
標題:	Newfoundland and LabradorFiction.
電子資源:	access to fulltext (Palgrave)
ISBN:	9780230618046

Base colonies in the Western hemisphere, 1940-1967
High, Steven C.

Base colonies in the Western hemisphere, 1940-1967[electronic resource] /Steven High. - 1st ed. - Basingstoke :Palgrave Macmillan,2009. - xii, 299 p. :ill. maps ;25 cm. - Studies of the Americas. - Studies of the Americas..

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-279) and index.

This book examines the consequences of the famous Anglo-American destroyers-for-bases deal ofSeptember 1940, which saw fifty aged US destroyers exchanged for extensive army and navy base sitesin 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 wouldhave 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 andother questions within a cross-regional comparative framework. The result isa fascinating exploration into race, class and empire.

Electronic reproduction.
Basingstoke, England :
Palgrave Macmillan,
2009.

Mode of access:World Wide Web.

ISBN: 9780230618046Subjects--Topical Terms:

461775
Military bases, American
--Social aspects--West Indies, British.Subjects--Geographical Terms:

446776
Newfoundland and Labrador
--Fiction.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

214472
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: UA26.A2 / H54 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 355.709171241

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