Foreword
BRIDGET BRERETON
Acknowledgements
Introduction
KAREN E. ECCLES AND DEBBIE McCOLLIN
PART 1. BLOCKADE AND TRADE
A Dance with Death: Labour Problems and the Sugar Crisis of World War II in Trinidad
LOVELL FRANCIS
The Puerto Rico and the Caribbean Sea Frontier during the Nazi U-Boat Campaign of 1941–1943
GEOFF BURROWS
Inversing Dependence: The Dutch Antilles, Suriname and the Desperate Netherlands during World War II
ESTHER CAPTAIN AND GUNO JONES
War, Food and Security: Feeding Trinidad and Tobago in Wartime, 1939–1945
RITA PEMBERTON
PART 2. IMPERIALISM AND INTERVENTIONISM
The French Caribbean in World War II: Upheavals, Repression and Resistance
ERIC T. JENNINGS
St Lucia and the “Time of the Americans”
JOLIEN HARMSEN, GUY ELLIS AND ROBERT DEVAUX
The Exchange: Imperialism and the Impact of World War II on Trinidad and Tobago
RONALD WILLIAMS
World War II and Antigua’s Sugar Industry
GELIEN MATTHEWS
Body Politics of Puerto Rican Participation in the US Military during World War II
DANNELLE GUTARRA
PART 3. ENGAGEMENT AND DISPLACEMENT
European Refugees in the Wider Caribbean in the Context of World War II
CHRISTIAN CWIK AND VERENA MUTH
Jamaica: Fixed-Term Haven and Holding Tank during World War II
SUZANNE FRANCIS -BROWN
Bodies in Conflict: Policing Sexual Liaisons in Jamaica during World War II
DALEA BEAN
Ravages and Rejuvenation: World War II and Public Health in the British Caribbean
DEBBIE McCOLLIN
Volunteerism during World War II: Trinidadian Women Mobilize in Time of War
KAREN E . ECCLES
Selected Bibliography
Index
Contributors