Guantanamo : a working-class history between empire and revolution / / Jana K. Lipman

• Autore: Lipman Jana K
• Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations, maps
• Disciplina: 359.7097291/67
• Soggetto topico: Civil-military relations - Cuba - Guantanamo Bay; Navy-yards and naval stations, American - Cuba - History
• Soggetto geografico: Guantanamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba) Employees History; Caimanera (Cuba) History; Guantanamo (Cuba) History
• Soggetto non controllato: 20th century american history; 20th century cuban history; 21st century american history; 21st century cuban history; american military; caribbean; cold war; contract workers; cuba; cuban revolution; empire; fidel castro; guantanamo bay; guantanamo; kid chicle; labor history; labor relations; labor unions; labor; latin american history; military expansion; military occupation; neocolonialism; political; post 9 11; postmodernism; revolution; united states of america; us cuban relations; us naval base; us prison; war on terror
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Introduction. Between Guantánamo and GTMO -- Prologue. Regional Politics, 1898, and the Platt Amendment -- 1. The Case of Kid Chicle Military Expansion and Labor Competition, 1939-1945 -- 2. "We Are Real Democrats" Legal Debates and Cold War Unionism before Castro, 1940-1954 -- 3. Good Neighbors, Good Revolutionaries, 1940-1958 -- 4. A "Ticklish" Position Revolution, Loyalty, and Crisis, 1959-1964 -- 5. Contract Workers, Exiles, and Commuters Neocolonial and Postmodern Labor Arrangements -- Epilogue. Post 9/11: Empire and Labor Redux -- Appendix. Guantánamo Civil Registry, 1921-1958 -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Guantánamo has become a symbol of what has gone wrong in the War on Terror. Yet Guantánamo is more than a U.S. naval base and prison in Cuba, it is a town, and our military occupation there has required more than soldiers and sailors-it has required workers. This revealing history of the women and men who worked on the U.S. naval base in Guantánamo Bay tells the story of U.S.-Cuban relations from a new perspective, and at the same time, shows how neocolonialism, empire, and revolution transformed the lives of everyday people. Drawing from rich oral histories and little-explored Cuban archives, Jana K. Lipman analyzes how the Cold War and the Cuban revolution made the naval base a place devoid of law and accountability. The result is a narrative filled with danger, intrigue, and exploitation throughout the twentieth century. Opening a new window onto the history of U.S. imperialism in the Caribbean and labor history in the region, her book tells how events in Guantánamo and the base created an ominous precedent likely to inform the functioning of U.S. military bases around the world.
• Titolo autorizzato: Guantanamo
• ISBN: 1-282-77242-2; 9786612772429; 0-520-94237-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910827181403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: American Crossroads; ; 25