03575nam 2200661 a 450 991078283740332120230721005328.01-282-48593-897866124859301-60473-332-2(CKB)1000000000721959(EBL)515579(OCoLC)506068275(SSID)ssj0000118178(PQKBManifestationID)11145975(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000118178(PQKBWorkID)10053072(PQKB)11234952(StDuBDS)EDZ0000203777(MiAaPQ)EBC515579(MdBmJHUP)muse13718(Au-PeEL)EBL515579(CaPaEBR)ebr10282582(CaONFJC)MIL248581(EXLCZ)99100000000072195920080405d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrCaribbean visionary[electronic resource] A.R.F. Webber and the making of the Guyanese nation /Selwyn R. CudjoeJackson University Press of Mississippic20091 online resource (293 p.)Caribbean studies seriesDescription based upon print version of record.1-60473-106-0 Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-269) and index.Contents; Abbreviations; Note on Nomenclature; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Those That Be in Bondage; CHAPTER TWO: The Private Thoughts of a Political Man: The Making of A. R. F. Webber, 1917-19; CHAPTER THREE: Webber's Entrance to the Political Arena, 1919-21; CHAPTER FOUR: Webber's Political Ascendancy, 1921-25; CHAPTER FIVE: The Constitutional Crisis: The Bullet or the Ballot; CHAPTER SIX: Webber's Leadership, the Popular Party, and the Constitutional Crisis, 1926-27; CHAPTER SEVEN: Webber: A Traveling Man; CHAPTER EIGHT: The Quest for Self-GovernmentCHAPTER NINE: The Sugar Crisis, Constitutional Reform, and the White Man's BurdenCHAPTER TEN: Exploring New Worlds; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Patriot and Businessman; CHAPTER TWELVE: Webber: A Keynesian; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Colonies in Search of a Nation; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Going Down with His Colors Flying; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Ideology, Race, Celebrity; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: A Devoted West Indian Son; Notes; Bibliography; IndexCaribbean Visionary: A. R. F. Webber and the Making of the Guyanese Nation traces the life of Albert Raymond Forbes Webber (1880-1932), a distinguished Caribbean scholar, statesman, legislator, and novelist. Using Webber as a lens, the book outlines the Guyanese struggle for justice and equality in an age of colonialism, imperialism, and indentureship. In this fascinating work, Selwyn R. Cudjoe examines Webber's emergence from the interior of Guyana to become a major presence in Caribbean politics. Caribbean Visionary examines Webber's insightful novel, Those That Be in Bondage , his travel wrCaribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)StatesmenGuyanaBiographyAuthors, Guyanese20th centuryBiographyGuyanaHistory1803-1966GuyanaHistoryAutonomy and independence movementsStatesmenAuthors, Guyanese328.881092BCudjoe Selwyn Reginald449556MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910782837403321Caribbean visionary3849576UNINA