Trouble in Guyana (Record no. 8887)
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| fixed length control field | 01982 a2200253 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 1040274439 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250328151431.0 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 250324042024GB eng |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781040274439 |
| Qualifying information | EA |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION | |
| Source of stock number/acquisition | Taylor & Francis |
| Terms of availability | GBP 52.99 |
| Form of issue | BB |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | 01 |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE | |
| Language code of text/sound track or separate title | eng |
| 072 7# - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | NHTQ |
| Source | thema |
| 072 7# - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | HBTQ |
| Source | bic |
| 072 7# - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | HIS041000 |
| Source | bisac |
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| Subject category code | HIS000000 |
| Source | bisac |
| 072 7# - SUBJECT CATEGORY CODE | |
| Subject category code | 320.9881 |
| Source | bisac |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Peter Simms |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Trouble in Guyana |
| Remainder of title | An Account of the People, Personalities and Politics... |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1 |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | Oxford |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Routledge |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 20241101 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 210 p |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Expansion of summary note | First published in 1966, Trouble in Guyana has shown the political development of the colony against the background of clashes between personalities and ideas. For many years it was the Marxist Premier Dr Cheddi Jagan and his American born wife who led the movement for independence in Guyana. Their ambition, it was suggested, was to make British Guiana the first Communist state in South America and the Caribbean. The author knew the Jagans and other political leaders. British Guyana became independent on 26th May 1966. Demonstrations, strikes, and riots accompanied, or led, every political development and, in the unsettled state of affairs, the British Government was unwilling to relinquish its control. However, in 1964, the ever-increasing violence became close to civil war, and it seemed possible that the Guyanese people might be irrevocably split. This book looks beyond the immediate causes, to the deep-rooted feelings of the six peoples, many of whose ancestors were brought over as slaves or, what was almost the same, as indentured labourers. It also probes the connections between Guyanese problems and the worldwide struggle between the communist nations and the West. This is an important historical reference work for scholars and researchers of colonial history, Latin American history and Caribbean history. |
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