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Raymond T. Smith

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British Guiana

By

Raymond T. Smith

CONTENTS

 

 

FRONT MATTER, PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

  1. NATURAL RESOURCES

Ecological Regions; Climate; Rivers and Drainage and Irrigation Problems; Population

  1. HISTORY: EARLY SETTLEMENT AND THE PERIOD OF DUTCH CONTROL

Prehistory; Discovery and Early Settlement; The Dutch Trading Companies; Storm van 's Gravesande and the Settlement of Demerara; Berbice; The Establishment of Stabroek; Constitutional Development and Conflict

  1. HISTORY: BRITISH RULE UP TO 1928

The Social and Economic System based on Slavery; The Abolition Movement and the Growth of Missionary Activity; The Abolition of Slavery and Transition to a Free Society; Indentured Immigration; Constitutional Developments

  1. THE ECONOMY

Agriculture; Mining; Timber; Manufacturing Industry; Communications; Finance and Banking; The Booker Group; The Problem of Economic Growth

  1. SOCIAL STRUCTURE

Ethnic Distinctions and Social Class; Religion; Marriage and the Family; Social Integration in a Multi-Racial Society

  1. SOCIAL SERVICES

Education; Medical Services and Public Health; Social Security; Community Development and Social Welfare

  1. GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

Political Parties; The Bureaucracy; Local Government; The Federation Issue

  1. CONCLUSIONS

POSTSCRIPT

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

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British Guiana by Raymond T. Smith was Issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, LONDON   NEW YORK   TORONTO.  © Royal Institute of International Affairs and © Oxford University Press 1962, Reprinted 1964.  Reprinted in 1980 by Greenwood Press, Connecticut.