Migration, mining, and the African diaspora : Guyana in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries /

From the late 1800s, African workers migrated to the mineral-rich hinterland areas of Guyana, mined gold, diamonds, and bauxite; diversified the country's economy; and contributed to national development. Utilizing real estate, financial, and death records, as well as oral accounts of the labor...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Josiah, Barbara P.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
1800-1999
Mineral industries > Social aspects > Guyana > History.
Mineral industries > Economic aspects > Guyana > History.
Mineral industries > Environmental aspects > Guyana > History.
Mines and mineral resources > Guyana > History.
Miners > Guyana > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Miners > Guyana > Economic conditions > 20th century.
Miners > Guyana > Social conditions > 19th century.
Miners > Guyana > Social conditions > 20th century.
Migrant labor > Guyana > History.
African diaspora.
Mines > Industrie > Aspect social > Guyana > Histoire.
Mines > Industrie > Aspect économique > Guyana > Histoire.
Mines > Industrie > Aspect de l'environnement > Guyana > Histoire.
Mineurs > Guyana > Conditions économiques > 19e siècle.
Mineurs > Guyana > Conditions économiques > 20e siècle.
Mineurs > Guyana > Conditions sociales > 19e siècle.
Mineurs > Guyana > Conditions sociales > 20e siècle.
Travailleurs migrants > Guyana > Histoire.
Africains > Pays étrangers.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
HISTORY > Modern > 19th Century.
HISTORY > Modern > 20th Century.
HISTORY > Africa > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Economic Conditions.
HISTORY > Social History.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Labor & Industrial Relations.
African diaspora
Economic history
Migrant labor
Mineral industries > Economic aspects
Mineral industries > Environmental aspects
Mineral industries > Social aspects
Miners > Economic conditions
Miners > Social conditions
Mines and mineral resources
Social conditions
Guyana > Economic conditions.
Guyana > Social conditions.
Guyana > Conditions économiques.
Guyana > Conditions sociales.
Guyana
History
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • African Diaspora Migrant Miners and Guyana's Eldorado
  • Migration and Mining Strategies in A Colonial Society
  • Mining Factors in A Diversified Economy
  • The Perils of Labor in Mining: Migration and Mortality
  • Aspects of Infrastructure Development: Gold and Diamonds
  • Another Approach: Organizing Bauxite Production
  • Evolving Relations: Mining and Trade Unionism
  • Internal Migration and Village Dynamics: Families and Communities Coping
  • Knowledge Transfer and Cooperativism: Agriculture and Mining Eras
  • African Continuities, Jewels, and, Economic Linkages to Mining.

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