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Guantanamo: A Working-Class History between Empire and Revolution
Jana K. Lipman
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Description for Guantanamo: A Working-Class History between Empire and Revolution
Paperback. Guantanamo has become a symbol of what has gone wrong in the War on Terror. This history of the women and men who worked on the US naval base in Guantanamo Bay tells the story of US-Cuban relations from a fresh perspective, and at the same time, shows how neocolonialism, empire, and revolution transformed the lives of everyday people. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 344 pages, 16 b/w photographs, 2 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJP; HBJK; HBLW3; HBTQ; JPS; JWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 466.
Guantanamo has become a symbol of what has gone wrong in the War on Terror. Yet Guantanamo 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 Guantanamo 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 ... Read more
Guantanamo has become a symbol of what has gone wrong in the War on Terror. Yet Guantanamo 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 Guantanamo 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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Series
American Crossroads
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520255401
SKU
V9780520255401
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About Jana K. Lipman
Jana K. Lipman is Assistant Professor of History at Tulane University.
Reviews for Guantanamo: A Working-Class History between Empire and Revolution
"Lipman offers a new and compelling angle on the crisis." London Review Of Books "Lipman's account is impressive, original, and well researched... Should interest foreign relations scholars, Latin America area specialists, and labor historians." H-Net Reviews "Splendid... Lipman shows successfully that Cuban workers mattered." International History Review "Lipman has produced a grounded, powerful critique of United States policy." Estudios Interdisciplinarios ... Read more