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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lipman, Jana K.

Series:

American Crossroads; 25

American crossroads ; 25

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civil-military relations--Cuba--Guantanamo Bay.

Civil-military relations.

Navy-yards and naval stations, American--Cuba--History.

Navy-yards and naval stations, American.

Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba)--Employees--History.

Guantánamo Bay Naval Base (Cuba).

Caimanera (Cuba)--History.

Caimanera (Cuba).

Guantánamo (Cuba)--History.

Guantánamo (Cuba).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (342 pages) : illustrations, maps

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-308) and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9786612772429

9781282772427

1282772422

9780520942370

052094237X

OCLC:

794663684