Katherine T McCaffrey

Military Power and Popular Protest

The U.S. Navy in Vieques, Puerto Rico

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Produktbeschreibung

A complete analysis of the troubled relationship between the US Navy and the residents of Vieques, a small island off the coast of Puerto Rico. Since the 1940s when the navy expropriated over two-thirds of the island, residents have struggled to make a life amid the bombs and weaponry fire.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• None edition
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2002
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 161mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780813530918
• ISBN-10: 0813530911
• Artikelnr.: 21868775

Autorenporträt

KATHERINE T. MCCAFFREY is an assistant professor of anthropology at Montclair State University, New Jersey.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface 
Acknowledgments
Acronyms and Spanish Terms
Introduction
One. A Strategic Colony on the Margins of the Empire
Two. Cultural Identity of Vieques
Three. The Fishermen's War
Four. We Are a Species in Danger of Extinction: The Aftermath of the
Fishermen's Crusade
Five. Organizing for Change
Six. From Pescadores to Rescatores: The Resurgence and Transformation of
Struggle
Seven. The Battle of Vieques
Notes
References
Index