Cheddi Jagan and the politics of power : British Guiana's struggle for independence / Colin A. Palmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Palmer, Colin A., 1944-

Series:

H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.

H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Guyana--History.

Guyana.

Guyana--History--1803-1966.

Guyana--Politics and government--1803-1966.

Great Britain--Colonies--America--History.

Great Britain.

Jagan, Cheddi.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (376 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Colin Palmer, one of the foremost chroniclers of twentieth-century British and U.S. imperialism in the Caribbean, here tells the story of British Guiana's struggle for independence. At the center of the story is Cheddi Jagan, who was the colony's first premier following the institution of universal adult suffrage in 1953.Informed by the first use of many British, U.S., and Guyanese archival sources, Palmer's work details Jagan's rise and fall, from his initial electoral victory in the spring of 1953 to the aftermath of the British-orchestrated coup d'etat that led to the suspension of

Contents:

The imperial coup d'etat

Containing Cheddi and scapegoating savage

Taking stock

Imagining and constructing a New Guiana

Searching for Cheddi and the PPP

The politics and trauma of race

The politics of power

Fairbain redux.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908862-2-4

979-88-9313-459-9

1-4696-0391-8

0-8078-9961-5

OCLC:

676697993