Order and place in a colonial city : patterns of struggle and resistance in Georgetown, British Guiana, 1889-1924 / Juanita De Barros.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

De Barros, Juanita.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social conflict--Guyana--Georgetown--History.

Social conflict.

Public spaces--Guyana--Georgetown--History.

Public spaces.

Georgetown (Guyana)--Ethnic relations.

Georgetown (Guyana).

Georgetown (Guyana)--History.

Physical Description:

xii, 251 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The elites saw the city's markets and streets as dirty, filled with dangerous non-white crowds. The poor saw these public places as sites of play and livelihood. De Barros shows how these opposing views set the stage for a series of petty disputes and large-scale riots. The "little traditions" of Georgetown's multi-racial and multi-ethnic urban poor helped create a creole view of public spaces, articulated in the course of struggle. By uncovering the popular cultural patterns that underlay much of this unrest, De Barros demonstrates both their place within a larger West Indian cultural paradigm and the emergence of a peculiarly Guianese ritual of protest.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Tables, Maps, and Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Garden City of the West Indies

Cesspool City: Sanitarianism in Colonial Georgetown

Order and Festivity in Georgetown

Hucksters, Markets, and the Struggle to Control Public Space

Hawkers and the Milk Industry

Riot and the Struggle to Control the Street

Conclusion

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [225]-248) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86083-6

9786612860836

0-7735-7069-1

OCLC:

929120896