Suriname in the Long Twentieth Century [electronic resource] : Domination, Contestation, Globalization /
Hoefte, R.author.
Despite its modest size, the republic of Suriname is today the site of many distinctive processes of globalization. This intersectional study teases out the complex relationships among class, gender, and ethnic identity over the course of Suriname's modern history, from the capital city of Paramaribo to the country's resource-rich rainforest.
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Cover; Half-TItle; TItle; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Map, Figures, and Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; One Setting the Scene: The Culture of Late Colonial Capitalism 1900-1940; Two The Growing Role of the State in Late Colonial Society; Three Discontent, Protest, and Repression in the 1930s; Four Resetting the Scene: Developments 1940-1975; Five Bauxite Mining in Moengo: Remnants of the Past and Signs of Modernity; Six Economic Collapse, Social Dislocation, and the Military Regime; Seven The Development of Paramaribo in the Second Half of the Century
Eight Leaving the Scene: A New CenturyNotes; Bibliography; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Despite its modest size, the republic of Suriname is today the site of many distinctive processes of globalization. This intersectional study teases out the complex relationships among class, gender, and ethnic identity over the course of Suriname's modern history, from the capital city of Paramaribo to the country's resource-rich rainforest.
America-History.
Sociology.
History, Modern.
Imperialism.
Social structure.
Social inequality.
Social history.
History of the Americas.
Gender Studies.
Modern History.
Imperialism and Colonialism.
Social Structure, Social Inequality.
Social History.