Full Description
Focused on the region as a whole and drawing from archives in Jamaica, Trinidad, Barbados, Guyana, St. Kitts, Antigua, the U.S. and U.K., this book details the region's impact on the U.S. (particularly on Jim Crow), as it charts the British Empire's retreat in the face of a challenge from Washington.
Contents
Introduction; 1 Early Organizing; 2 Big Islands/Big Problems; 3 The Labor of War; 4 When Labor Organizes; 5 Militant Jamaica; 6 Washington Confronts the West Indies; 7 Labor Will Rule?; 8 Cold War in a Hot Zone; 9 The Left Retreats; 10 Small Islands/Huge Impact; 11 Militant British Guiana; 12 Barbados vs. British Guiana; Conclusion; Epilogue
