Caribbean visionary : A.R.F. Webber and the making of the Guyanese nation /

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Cudjoe traces the life of Albert Raymond Forbes Webber (1880-1932), a distinguished Caribbean scholar, statesman, legislator, and novelist. Using Webber as a lens, it outlines the Guyanese struggle for justice and equality in an age of colonialism, imperialism, and indentureship. The author examines...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cudjoe, Selwyn R. (Selwyn Reginald)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, ©2009.
Colección:Caribbean studies series (Jackson, Miss.)
Temas:
Webber, A. R. F. > (Albert Raymond Forbes), > 1880-1932.
Webber, A. R. F. > (Albert Raymond Forbes), > 1880-1932
1803-1999
Statesmen > Guyana > Biography.
Authors, Guyanese > 20th century > Biography.
Hommes d'État > Guyana > Biographies.
Écrivains guyaniens > 20e siècle > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Legislative Branch.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Ideologies > Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism.
Authors, Guyanese
Autonomy and independence movements
Statesmen
Guyana > History > 1803-1966.
Guyana > History > Autonomy and independence movements.
Guyana > Histoire > 1803-1966.
Guyana > Histoire > Autonomie et mouvements indépendantistes.
Guyana
Electronic books.
Biographies.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Abbreviations; Note on Nomenclature; Introduction; CHAPTER ONE: Those That Be in Bondage; CHAPTER TWO: The Private Thoughts of a Political Man: The Making of A.R.F. Webber, 1917-19; CHAPTER THREE: Webber's Entrance to the Political Arena, 1919-21; CHAPTER FOUR: Webber's Political Ascendancy, 1921-25; CHAPTER FIVE: The Constitutional Crisis: The Bullet or the Ballot; CHAPTER SIX: Webber's Leadership, the Popular Party, and the Constitutional Crisis, 1926-27; CHAPTER SEVEN: Webber: A Traveling Man; CHAPTER EIGHT: The Quest for Self-Government
  • CHAPTER NINE: The Sugar Crisis, Constitutional Reform, and the White Man's BurdenCHAPTER TEN: Exploring New Worlds; CHAPTER ELEVEN: Patriot and Businessman; CHAPTER TWELVE: Webber: A Keynesian; CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Colonies in Search of a Nation; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Going Down with His Colors Flying; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Ideology, Race, Celebrity; CHAPTER SIXTEEN: A Devoted West Indian Son; Notes; Bibliography; Index

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