LEADER 03502nam 2200649 450 001 9910463603303321 005 20200520144314.0 035 $a(CKB)2670000000610199 035 $a(EBL)3039961 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001461049 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11822148 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001461049 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11468302 035 $a(PQKB)10047497 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001528612 035 $a(OCoLC)894032951 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse42200 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3039961 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3039961 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11048910 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL770283 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000610199 100 $a20150507h20152015 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aIsland at war $ePuerto Rico in the crucible of the Second World War /$fedited by Jorge Rodri?guez Beruff and Jose? L. Boli?var Fresneda 210 1$aJackson, Mississippi :$cThe University Press of Mississippi,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (295 p.) 225 1 $aCaribbean Studies Series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-62846-164-0 311 $a1-62674-567-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""Rediscovering Puerto Rico and the Caribbean: US Strategic Debate and War Planning on the Eve of the Second World War""; ""Puerto Rico: Headquarters of the Caribbean Sea Frontier, 1940-1945""; ""War and Political Transition in Puerto Rico, 1939-1940""; ""The Wartime Quartet: Munoz Maran, Tugwell, Ickes, and FDR""; ""The War Economy of Puerto Rico, 1939-1945""; ""The German Blockade of the Caribbean in 1942 and Its Effects in Puerto Rico""; ""Vieques: The Impact of the Second World War"" 327 $a""The Anglo-American Caribbean Commission: A Socioeconomic Strategy Designed for Military Security, 1942-1946""""Geopolitics and Telecommunications Policy in Puerto Rico: ITT and the Porto Rico Telephone Company, 1942-1948""; ""What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? The Story of a Puerto Rican in the Second World War and Korea: Captain Harry Chabrin Acevedo, 1925-1986""; ""Notes on Contributors""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y"" 330 8 $aDespite Puerto Rico being the hub of the United States' naval response to the German blockade of the Caribbean, there is very little published scholarship on the island's heavy involvement in the global conflict of World War II. 'Island at War' brings together outstanding new research on Puerto Rico and makes it accessible in English. 410 0$aCaribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.) 606 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zPuerto Rico 607 $aPuerto Rico$xPolitics and government$y1898-1952 607 $aPuerto Rico$xRelations$zUnited States 607 $aUnited States$xRelations$zPuerto Rico 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aWorld War, 1939-1945 676 $a940.53/7295 702 $aRodri?guez Beruff$b Jorge 702 $aFresneda$b Jose? L. Boli?var 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463603303321 996 $aIsland at war$91942256 997 $aUNINA