Battleship Vieques
Subtitle: Puerto Rico from World War II to the Korean War
By: César J. Ayala and José L. Bolívar
Contributors: Bolívar, José L.
Publisher: Markus Wiener Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Princeton
Language: eng
Number of pages: 220
ISBN-13: 9781558765375; 9781558765382
Subjects: Protest movements; Decolonization; Social change; United States; Economic conditions; Naval History; Militarism; Social conditions; Civil-military relations; United States. Navy; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Militarism in Vieques in an epoch of decolonization; title: The German naval blockade and the war economy; title: Vieques : from frontier to plantation society; title: Expropriations and evictions; title: Interlude; title: Cold War and return of the Navy, 1947-1948; title: Colonial segregation; title: Involution, 1950-1953; title: Epilogue: Long-term effects.