World War II and the Caribbean

This volume brings together 14 essays on the experiences of the Caribbean during World War II and how the war impacted different colonial territories, including Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Antigua, and St. Lucia, as well as the Dutch colonies, the French Antilles, and Puerto Rico. Historians and others from the Caribbean, North America, and Europe address the economic effects of the war on specific islands, including on the sugar industry, the rise of Puerto Rico Cement Corporation as a material contributor to the war, the impact of the war on the colonial relationship, and the scarcity of food; the political relationship of France, Britain, and the US in the Caribbean and their interaction with colonies during the war; and how groups of people engaged in war-related activities or with each other or foreigners, including refugees, POWs, and women, as well as the effects of health conditions. Distributed by Longleaf Services, Inc. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)