Order and place in a colonial city : patterns of struggle and resistance in Georgetown, British Guiana, 1889-1924 /

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Throughout the post-slavery Caribbean, former slaves and masters fought to determine the shape of the new free societies. Urban areas - with their growing populations and vibrant Afro-creole culture - were often the sites of these struggles. In Order and Place in a Colonial City Juanita De Barros ex...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: De Barros, Juanita
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Montréal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003.
Series:CEL - Canadian Publishers Collection.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1889-1924.
Social conflict > Guyana > Georgetown > History.
Public spaces > Guyana > Georgetown > History.
Conflits sociaux > Guyana > Georgetown > Histoire.
Espaces publics > Guyana > Georgetown > Histoire.
HISTORY > Latin America > South America.
Ethnic relations.
Public spaces.
Social conflict.
Nationale Minderheit
Sozialer Konflikt
Öffentlicher Raum
Georgetown (Guyana) > Ethnic relations.
Georgetown (Guyana) > History.
Georgetown (Guyana) > Relations interethniques.
Georgetown (Guyana) > Histoire.
Guyana > Georgetown.
Georgetown.
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • Tables, Maps, and Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Garden City of the West Indies
  • 3 Cesspool City: Sanitarianism in Colonial Georgetown
  • 4 Order and Festivity in Georgetown
  • 5 Hucksters, Markets, and the Struggle to Control Public Space
  • 6 Hawkers and the Milk Industry
  • 7 Riot and the Struggle to Control the Street
  • 8 Conclusion
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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