[PDF] A History Of The Guyanese Working People 1881 1905 eBook

Author : Walter Rodney
Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 27,3 MB
Release : 1981-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780801824289

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Completed shortly before Walter Rodney's assassination in June 1980, A History of the Guyanese Working People, 1881-1905 provides an original, well-informed, and perceptive contribution to the historiography of nineteenth-century Guyanese society. This comprehensive examination encompasses the history of African and Asian immigration into Guyana, the interaction of ethnic groups, the impact of British colonialism, economic and political constraints on the working class, and the social life of the masses. Rodney argues that the social evolution of the Guyanese working people has been guided by specific material constraints and extremely powerful external focuses from Europe, Africa, Asia, and North America. He emphasizes the destructive fragmentation of the working class along ethnic, political, and social lines, encouraged by the legacy of slavery, postslavery immigration, legal distinctions between various classes of labor, and the economic bases of the society. in contrast to the well-defined middle and upper classes, the working people appeared divided, disorganized, and leaderless. Rodney's account ends in 1905, when the hardships and frustrations of the masses exploded into violence. A History of the Guyanese Working People, 1881-1905 will stand alone as a landmark study of the profound social upheaval that characterized Guyanese society in the years following emancipation. Anyone interested in the problems of underdeveloped nations, labor control, and the after-effects of colonialism and imperialism will appreciate the significance of this work.

Author : Walter Rodney
Publisher :
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 28,28 MB
Release : 1981-09
Category : Architecture
ISBN :

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Author : Walter Rodney
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 416 pages
File Size : 11,85 MB
Release : 2018-11-27
Category : History
ISBN : 1788731204

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The classic work of political, economic, and historical analysis, powerfully introduced by Angela Davis In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, South America, the African continent, and the Caribbean. In each locale, Rodney found himself a lightning rod for working class Black Power. His deportation catalyzed 20th century Jamaica's most significant rebellion, the 1968 Rodney riots, and his scholarship trained a generation how to think politics at an international scale. In 1980, shortly after founding of the Working People's Alliance in Guyana, the 38-year-old Rodney would be assassinated. In his magnum opus, How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Rodney incisively argues that grasping "the great divergence" between the west and the rest can only be explained as the exploitation of the latter by the former. This meticulously researched analysis of the abiding repercussions of European colonialism on the continent of Africa has not only informed decades of scholarship and activism, it remains an indispensable study for grasping global inequality today.

Author : Walter Rodney
Publisher : NYU Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 49,9 MB
Release : 1982
Category : History
ISBN : 0853455465

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Walter Rodney is revered throughout the Caribbean as a teacher, a hero, and a martyr. This book remains the foremost work on the region.

Author : Walter Rodney
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 39,9 MB
Release : 2019-04-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1788731174

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"I have sat on a little oil drum, rusty and in the midst of garbage, and some black brothers and I have grounded together." - Walter Rodney In his short life, the Guyanese intellectual Walter Rodney emerged as one of the leading thinkers and activists of the anticolonial revolution, leading movements in North America, South America, the African continent, and the Caribbean. In each locale, Rodney found himself a lightning rod for working class Black Power. His deportation catalyzed 20th century Jamaica's most significant rebellion, the 1968 Rodney riots, and his scholarship trained a generation how to think politics at an international scale. In 1980, shortly after founding of the Working People's Alliance in Guyana, the 38-year-old Rodney would be assassinated. In this classic work published in the heady days of international black power, Groundings with My Brothers details the global circulation of emancipatory ideas, but also offers first-hand reports of Rodney's mass movement organizing. Introduced and contextualized by leading Caribbean scholar-activists, this updated edition brings Rodney's legacy to a new generation of radicals.

Author : Odeen Ishmael
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 691 pages
File Size : 26,40 MB
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : History
ISBN : 1479795909

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The Guyana StoryFrom Earliest Times to Independence traces the countrys 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.

Author : Winston Mc Gowan
Publisher : Guyenterprise Advertising Agency
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 17,17 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Guyana
ISBN : 9789769618206

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"For readers seeking an accessible introduction to an academic text on many of the silent aspects of the historical development of the Guyana society, this is a great collection of essays. But for a variety of other excellent reasons, this is a wonderful addition to your collection as well as an enjoyable and informative read." Dr James Rose

Author : Cheddi Jagan
Publisher : Hansib Publishing (Caribbean), Limited
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 34,22 MB
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN :

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First published in 1954, Jagan's ""Story of British,Guiana"" appeared in the aftermath of the military,intervention that removed from office the,democratically elected government of which he was,Premier. Jagan showed how this fitted into both,the colonial policy of Britain and the Cold War,spearheaded by the US. The book includes an,analysis of labour and the colonies as well as a,new preface by the author calling for a break in,policies which are leading both the developed and,developing worlds faster to disaster.