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Guyana and Surinam


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Stains on My Name, War in My Veins: Guyana and the Politics of Cultural Struggle
Stains on My Name, War in My Veins: Guyana and the Politics of Cultural Struggle
by Brackettw Williams
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Burdened with a heritage of both Spanish and British colonization and imperialism, Guyana is today caught between its colonial past, its efforts to achieve the consciousness of nationhood, and the need of its diverse subgroups to maintain their own... (read more)

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Searching for El Dorado: A Journey into the South American Rainforest on the Tail of the World's Largest Gold Rush
Searching for El Dorado: A Journey into the South American Rainforest on the Tail of the World's Largest Gold Rush
by Marc Herman
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A journalist offers an action-packed account of his journey into the rainforests of Guyana and into the lives of local gold miners in search of a fortune, profiling these independent prospectors who search for gold in the same way as California's forty... (read more)

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Cheddi Jagan and the Politics of Power: British Guiana's Struggle for Independence
Cheddi Jagan and the Politics of Power: British Guiana's Struggle for Independence
by Colin A Palmer
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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. The work details of the rise and fall of Cheddi Jagan--from his initial... (read more)

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Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood: The Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823
Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood: The Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823
by Emília Viotti da Costa
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Recounts the events of the Demerara Slave Rebellion in Guyana during the nineteenth... (read more)

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Searching for El Dorado: A Journey Into the South American Rainforest on the Tail of the World's Largest Gold Rush
Searching for El Dorado: A Journey Into the South American Rainforest on the Tail of the World's Largest Gold Rush
by Marc Herman
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The real land of El Dorado, deep in the Amazon rainforest, is a far cry from the mythical city of gold: though its soil could potentially yield billions of dollars, Guyana is a nation of “gilded paupers,” one of the very poorest countries in... (read more)

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Stains on My Name, War in My Veins: Guyana and the Politics of Cultural Struggle
Stains on My Name, War in My Veins: Guyana and the Politics of Cultural Struggle
by Brackette F. Williams
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Burdened with a heritage of both Spanish and British colonization and imperialism, Guyana is today caught between its colonial past, its efforts to achieve the consciousness of nationhood, and the need of its diverse subgroups to maintain their own... (read more)

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Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood: The Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823
Crowns of Glory, Tears of Blood: The Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823
by Emilia Viotti daCosta
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On the night of August 17, 1823, the distinctly African sounds of blaring shell-horns and beating drums signalled the start of one of the most massive slave rebellions in the history of the Western Hemisphere, the uprising in the British colony of... (read more)

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Crowns of glory, tears of blood :the Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823
Crowns of glory, tears of blood :the Demerara Slave Rebellion of 1823
by Emilia Viotti Costa
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The night of August 17, 1823 saw the start of one of the most massive slave rebellions in the history of the Western Hemisphere, the uprising in the British colony of Demerara (now Guyana), in which nearly twelve thousand slaves took up arms against... (read more)

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My Fight for Guyanas Freedom
My Fight for Guyanas Freedom
by Cheddi Jagan
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Journey to Nowhere: A New World Tragedy
Journey to Nowhere: A New World Tragedy
by Shiva Naipaul
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Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America from the Years 1772 to 1777. 2 Volume Slipcase Edition.
Narrative of a Five Years' Expedition Against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam in Guiana on the Wild Coast of South America from the Years 1772 to 1777. 2 Volume Slipcase Edition.
by Captain J.G. Stedman
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The Jungle and the Damned
The Jungle and the Damned
by Hassoldt Davis
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Devil's Island: Colony of the Damned
Devil's Island: Colony of the Damned
by Alexander Miles
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Journey to nowhere :a New World tragedy
Journey to nowhere :a New World tragedy
by Shiva Naipaul
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