03538nam 22007813u 450 991097418940332120240416223936.09786611243036978128124303412812430359781592136292159213629X(CKB)1000000000485685(EBL)334644(OCoLC)437202993(SSID)ssj0000124541(PQKBManifestationID)11157988(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000124541(PQKBWorkID)10023753(PQKB)10567808(MiAaPQ)EBC334644(Perlego)2040051(EXLCZ)99100000000048568520131216d2008|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrCold War in a Hot Zone The United States Confronts Labor and Independence Struggles in the British West Indies1st ed.Philadelphia Temple University Press20081 online resource (273 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9781592136278 1592136273 CONTENTS; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE Early Organizing; CHAPTER TWO Big Islands/Big Problems; CHAPTER THREE The Labor of War; CHAPTER FOUR When Labor Organizes; CHAPTER FIVE Militant Jamaica; CHAPTER SIX Washington Confronts the West Indies; CHAPTER SEVEN Will Labor Rule?; CHAPTER EIGHT Cold War in a Hot Zone; Photo gallery follows page 126; CHAPTER NINE The Left Retreats; CHAPTER TEN Small Islands/Huge Impact; CHAPTER ELEVEN Militant British Guiana; CHAPTER TWELVE Barbados vs. British Guiana; Conclusion; Epilogue; References; IndexFocused on the region as a whole and drawing from archives in Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Guyana, St. Kitts, Antigua, the U.S. and U.K., this book details the region's impact on the U.S. (particularly on Jim Crow), as it charts the British Empire's retreat in the face of a challenge from Washington.Labor movement - West Indies, British - HistoryLabor movementUnited States - Foreign relations - West Indies, BritishWest Indies, British - Foreign relations - United StatesWest Indies, British - History - Autonomy and independence movementsLabor movementHistoryWest Indies, BritishLabor & Workers' EconomicsHILCCBusiness & EconomicsHILCCWest Indies, BritishHistoryAutonomy and independence movementsUnited StatesForeign relationsWest Indies, BritishWest Indies, BritishForeign relationsUnited StatesLabor movement - West Indies, British - History.Labor movement.United States - Foreign relations - West Indies, British.West Indies, British - Foreign relations - United States.West Indies, British - History - Autonomy and independence movements.Labor movementHistoryLabor & Workers' EconomicsBusiness & Economics331.8809729/09171241331.880972909171331.88097290917124Horne Gerald C850651AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910974189403321Cold War in a Hot Zone4368153UNINA