The Guyana Story: From Earliest Times to Independence

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The Guyana Story: From Earliest Times to Independence

The Guyana Storyâ€”From Earliest Times to Independence traces the countryâ€™s history from thousands of years ago when the first Amerindian groups began to settle on the Guyana territory. It examines the period of early European exploration leading to Dutch colonization, the forcible introduction of African slaves to work on cotton and sugar plantations, the effects of European wars, and the final ceding of the territory to the British who ruled it as their colony until they finally granted it independence in 1966. The book also tells of Indian, Chinese, and Portuguese indentured immigration and shows how the cultural interrelationships among the various ethnic groups introduced newer forms of conflict, but also brought about cooperation in the struggles of the workers for better working and living conditions. The final part describes the roles of the political leaders who arose from among these ethnic groups from the late 1940s and began the political struggle against colonialism and the demand for independence. This struggle led to political turbulence in the 1950s and early 1960s when the country was caught in the crosshairs of the cold war resulting in joint British-American devious actions that undermined a democratically elected pro-socialist government and deliberately delayed independence for the country until a government friendly to their international interests came to power.

Country	USA
Author	Odeen Ishmael
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781479795901
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Xlibris US
Manufacturer	Xlibris US
NumberOfPages	692
PublicationDate	2013-02-28
Publisher	Xlibris US
ReleaseDate	2013-02-28
Studio	Xlibris US

The Guyana Story: From Earliest Times to Independence

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