This book examines the social, economic and political aftermath of the famous Anglo-American 'destroyers-for-bases' deal of 2nd September 1940 that saw fifty obsolete U.S. destroyers exchanged for 'base colonies' in Trinidad, Bermuda, Newfoundland and the Bahamas.

Autorentext
STEVEN HIGH is Associate Professor in Public History at Concordia University, Canada.

Inhalt
List of Figures List of Tables Acknowledgements Introduction The United States and Hemispheric Defense The Tourism Politics of Base Location in Bermuda Working for Uncle Sam in Newfoundland "You Can't Eat Dignity": Race and Labor in the British Caribbean Building Bases on a Jim Crow Island The American Occupation of Stephenville, Newfoundland The Racial Politics of Criminal Jurisdiction From Slavery to Chaguaramas Conclusion: Stepping Stones to New Empires Notes Bibliography Index