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....
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| Langue: | anglais |
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Chapel Hill :
University of North Carolina Press,
©2007.
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| Accès en ligne: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=357215 |
Table des matières:
- The turbulent thirties: shaking empire, making nation
- The American preoccupation: assessing the United States before the war
- Laboring over the Yankee dollar: work in occupied Trinidad
- From barefooted men to saga boys: gender, class, and clothes in occupied Trinidad
- Yankees in the land of the calypso: promoting and patronizing Trinidadian nationality
- Love American style: race, gender, and sexuality in occupied Trinidad
- Coda. Re-membering Caliban and the Yankees: the politics of history.