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Originally published in 1984, this is a documented account of the political history of the former British colony of Guyana. Providing a reflection of the increasing involvement of the United States in the Caribbean and Central America on the long-term political, social and economic effect that intervention can have on the small states of less developed countries during the period of 1945 to 1983. The text includes a detailed historical account of post-World War II politics and moves onto the emergence of the nationalist movement in Guyana in the late 1940s and the cold war period of the 1950s; concluding with the consequences both politically and economically in the 1980s.
List of contents
1 THE PEOPLE AND THE LAND 2 CHEDDI JAGAN, FORBES BURNHAM, AND THE PEOPLE'S PROGRESSIVE PARTY. 3 ELECTIONS AND GUNBOATS -4 STRIFE AND DIVISION 5 RETURN TO CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT 6 RACIAL WARFARE AND FOREIGN INTERVENTION 7 GOVERNMENT BY COALITION 8 KING FORBES I, 9 JONESTOWN AND THE HOUSE-MOUSE REFERENDUM 10 WHAT HAPPENS TO A DREAM DEFERRED?
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Thomas Spinner
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Originally published in 1984, this is a documented account of the political history of the former British colony of Guyana. Providing a reflection of the increasing involvement of the United States in the Caribbean and Central America on the long-term political, social and economic effect that intervention can have on the small states of less developed countries during the period of 1945 to 1983.
