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

• Autore: Palmer Colin A. <1944->
• Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, 2010
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (376 p.)
• Disciplina: 988.1
• Soggetto geografico: Guyana History; Guyana History 1803-1966; Guyana Politics and government 1803-1966; Great Britain Colonies America History
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Cheddi Jagan and the politics of power
• ISBN: 979-88-9313-459-9; 1-4696-0391-8; 0-8078-9961-5
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910813122403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: H. Eugene and Lillian Youngs Lehman series.