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A People's Political History of Guyana, 1838-1964
- Author / Creator
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Details
- Creator
- Kimani Nehusi
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- First edition
- Hertford, England : Hansib Publications Limited, [2018]
- ©2018
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (782 pages)
- ISBNs
- 9781912662104, 1912662108, 1910553794
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Intro -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Abbreviations -- List of Tables -- List of Maps -- List of Appendices -- List of Photos -- About the Author -- Foreword and Acknowledgements -- Preface -- General Introduction: Contradictions in Nature and Humanity -- Section 1: Making Freedom in an ERA of Repression: Politics in Guiana, 1838-1880 -- Introduction -- Chapter I: In the Beginning. The Indigenous People's Tradition of Politics -- Chapter II: Colonial Politics, 1838-1880 -- Chapter III: The British Guiana African Association (BGAA), 1842 and Other Early forms of Afrikan Guianese Self Organisation -- Chapter IV: The Reform Association, 1842-1852 -- Section 2: The Emergence of the Middle Class and the Reform Movement, 1880-1896 -- Introduction: The Origins and Birth of the Guyanese Middle Class -- Chapter V: Defining the Self: Professional Associations and the Portuguese -- Chapter VI: The Movement for Reform -- Chapter VII: The British Guiana Political Reform Club -- Chapter VIII: The British Guiana Constitutional Reform Association -- Chapter IX: The British Guiana Progressive Association -- Section 3: The Masses in Action and the Middle Class in and out of the Legislature: Mass Protests and Popular Front Politics, 1896-1928 -- Introduction -- Chapter X: The New Politics -- Chapter XI: The People's Association -- Chapter XII: The Young Guianese Party and the Elections of 1916 -- Chapter XIII: Protest Politics and the First Suspension -- Section 4: The Rise of National Racial Sections and the Revolt of the Masses, 1928-1945 -- Introduction: The Consequences of Suspension -- Chapter XIV: The Political Organisation of Race -- Chapter XV: The Political Organisation of Labour -- Chapter XVI: The Masses and Middle Class Politics -- Section 5: The PAC/PPP and the Rise of the National Movement, 1945-1955
- Introduction: People, Events and Processes Within and Without -- Chapter XVII: Economy and Society, 1945-1955 -- Chapter XVIII: Expressions of Guianese National Consciousness: Women, The Arts and the Press. -- Chapter XIX: The Political Affairs Committee (PAC) -- Chapter XX: The Original People's Progressive Party (PPP) -- Section 6: Reaction and Disintegration, 1956-1964 -- Introduction -- Chapter XXI: Cheddi Jagan and Forbes Burnham in Colonial Guiana: The Formation of Political Personalities in a Plantation Society, 1918-1964 -- Chapter XXII: The Split Of 1955 -- Chapter XXIII: Contradictions between Dr. Jagan and the 'Ultra Left': the Split in the Original PPP in 1956/57 -- Chapter XXIV: The National Democratic Party (NDP) and the United Democratic Party (UDP) -- Chapter XXV: The People's National Congress (PNC) -- Chapter XXVI: The National Labour Front (NLF) and the Guiana Labour Party (GLP) -- Chapter XXVII: The End of 'Marking Time' and the all Party Conference -- Chapter XXVIII: The United Force (UF) -- Chapter XXIX: The Political Mobilisation of Race, 1956-1964 -- Chapter XXX: Conclusion: From Subjects to Citizens -- Appendix I: Biographical Notes -- Appendix II: The Franchise in Guiana, 1895-1926 -- Appendix III: The Evolution of the Franchise in Guiana, 1839-1964 -- Bibliography -- Index