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1 online resource (xvi, 231 pages) : illustrations |
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polychrome |
| Summary |
The first decades of the twenty-first century in Latin America have been characterized by rapidly intensifying US-led militarization, with the US acquiring controversial rights and unprecedented access to facilities in Panama, Honduras, and Peru. US Military Bases and Anti-Military Organizing is the first book to look closely at the struggles of anti-military activists in Ecuador as they attempted to challenge what was, for just under ten years, the US Air Force's largest forward operating location in the Western hemisphere. Drawing on sixteen months of fieldwork with US military personnel, US private military contractors, and anti-military activists on and around this facility in Manta, Ecuador, Fitz-Henry reorients contemporary anthropological and political debate about US-led militarization by focusing on the neglected range of ways in which the anti-base movement came to be rejected by local residents. |
| Contents |
1. Bananas, Beaches, and Bases?: A Brief History of Empire -- 2. "But There's No American Base Here!": Becoming Foreign in a Domestic Sense -- 3. The Scales of Opposition: Becoming Regional in an International Sense -- 4. Obligatory Charities, Generous Obligations: Becoming Civilian in a Military Sense -- 5. The Return of the City-State?: Becoming Autonomous in a Sovereign Sense -- 6. Becoming Colombian in an Ecuadorian Sense. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Military bases, American -- Ecuador -- Manta.
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Military bases, American. |
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Ecuador -- Manta. |
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Military bases, American -- Ecuador -- Manta -- Public opinion.
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Public opinion. |
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Military bases, American -- Social aspects -- Ecuador -- Manta.
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Military bases, American -- Social aspects. |
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Manta (Ecuador) -- Politics and government.
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United States -- Military relations -- Ecuador.
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United States. |
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Military relations. |
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Ecuador. |
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Ecuador -- Military relations -- United States.
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Peace movements -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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Peace movements. |
| Chronological Term |
21st century |
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Militarism -- United States -- History -- 21st century.
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History. |
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Manta (Ecuador) -- History.
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Ecuador -- Public opinion.
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Militarism. |
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Military Science. |
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Military bases, American -- Public opinion. |
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Politics and government. |
| Chronological Term |
2000-2099 |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Fitz-Henry, Erin Elizabeth, 1975- US Military Bases and Anti-Military Organizing 9781137501172 (DLC) 2015006827 (OCoLC)904144362 |
| ISBN |
9781137489692 (electronic book) |
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1137489693 (electronic book) |
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1137501170 |
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9781137501172 |
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9781349579921 |
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1349579920 |
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9781137501172 (prin) |
| Standard No. |
10.1057/9781137489692 |
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