LEADER 02754nam 2200625Ia 450 001 9910813122403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a979-88-9313-459-9 010 $a1-4696-0391-8 010 $a0-8078-9961-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000058465 035 $a(EBL)605926 035 $a(OCoLC)676697993 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000413842 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11258098 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000413842 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10384812 035 $a(PQKB)11646455 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245740 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23482 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL605926 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10425439 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC605926 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000058465 100 $a20100507d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aCheddi Jagan and the politics of power $eBritish Guiana's struggle for independence /$fColin A. Palmer 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (376 p.) 225 1 $aH. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-1501-0 311 $a0-8078-3416-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aColin Palmer, one of the foremost chroniclers of twentieth-century British and U.S. imperialism in the Caribbean, here tells the story of British Guiana's struggle for independence. At the center of the story is Cheddi Jagan, who was the colony's first premier following the institution of universal adult suffrage in 1953.Informed by the first use of many British, U.S., and Guyanese archival sources, Palmer's work details Jagan's rise and fall, from his initial electoral victory in the spring of 1953 to the aftermath of the British-orchestrated coup d'etat that led to the suspension of 410 0$aH. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series. 607 $aGuyana$xHistory 607 $aGuyana$xHistory$y1803-1966 607 $aGuyana$xPolitics and government$y1803-1966 607 $aGreat Britain$xColonies$zAmerica$xHistory 676 $a988.1 700 $aPalmer$b Colin A.$f1944-$0249407 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910813122403321 996 $aCheddi Jagan and the politics of power$94013578 997 $aUNINA