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Brother's Keeper : The United States, Race, and Empire in the British Caribbean, 1937-1962.

Parker, Jason C.

Brother's Keeper : The United States, Race, and Empire in the British Caribbean, 1937-1962. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (263 pages)

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1 The West Indian Watershed -- 2 A More American Lake -- 3 A Chill in the Tropics -- 4 Building a Bulwark -- 5 The American Lake or the Castro Caribbean? -- 6 Collapse: The Broken Bulwark -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- 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.

In 1962, amidst the Cuban Revolution, Third World decolonization, and the African American freedom movement, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago became the first British West Indian colonies to gain independence. This book is an international history of Anglo-American-Caribbean relations, including the role of the transnational African diaspora, during the long decolonization of the British Caribbean.

9780199715749


Decolonization -- West Indies, British.
West Indies, British -- History -- 20th century.
West Indies, British -- Race relations.
West Indies, British -- Foreign relations -- United States.
United States -- Foreign relations -- West Indies, British.


Electronic books.

F2133.P37 2008

325/.309729

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