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Caliban and the Yankees : Trinidad and the United States occupation /
In a compelling story of the installation and operation of U.S. bases in the Caribbean colony of Trinidad during World War II, Harvey Neptune examines how the people of this British island contended with the colossal force of American empire-building at a critical time in the island's history....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2007.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | In a compelling story of the installation and operation of U.S. bases in the Caribbean colony of Trinidad during World War II, Harvey Neptune examines how the people of this British island contended with the colossal force of American empire-building at a critical time in the island's history. The U.S. military occupation between 1941 and 1947 came at the same time that Trinidadian nationalist politics sought to project an image of a distinct, independent, and particularly un-British cultural landscape. The American intervention, Neptune shows, contributed to a tempestuous scen. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiii, 274 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-268) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780807868119 0807868116 9781469604732 1469604736 |