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



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Autore: Lipman Jana K Visualizza persona
Titolo: Guantanamo [[electronic resource] ] : a working-class history between empire and revolution / / Jana K. Lipman Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2009
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (342 p.)
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 genere / forma: Electronic books.
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  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-282-77242-2
9786612772429
0-520-94237-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910464659803321
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Serie: American Crossroads