Description
The chapters in this volume respond to the need for information and analysis on the wide-ranging impact of the war on territories in the region (English, French, Spanish and Dutch). The contributors cover topics such as the economic consequences of wartime activity (the food crisis and the decline of the agricultural sector), while highlighting the opportunities that arose for industry and enterprise in the Caribbean; the accommodations made by the European imperial nations and their attempts to tighten control over their Caribbean territories during the war; the intervention of the Americans in the region; the social impact of the war (the migration of German-speaking refugees and other groups) and the effects on Caribbean societies of this contact; and the impact of the war on public health and the broad spectrum experiences of women (as volunteers, nurses and sex-workers).
This well-researched volume will be of great interest to students and scholars of military and conflict history, twentieth-century Caribbean history, and the general reader.
About the Author
Karen E. Eccles is Faculty Liaison Librarian for the Faculty of Humanities and Education, Alma Jordan Library, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago.
Debbie McCollin is Lecturer, Department of History, the University of the West Indies, St Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago. Her publications include the edited volume In the Fires of Hope: Essays on the Modern History of Trinidad and Tobago, 1962-2012.
Book Information
ISBN 9789766406240
Author Karen E. Eccles
Format Paperback
Page Count 416
Imprint University of the West Indies Press
Publisher University of the West Indies Press
Weight(grams) 608g