| The              Library of Congress>>Especially              for Researchers>>Research              Centers   Home >> Country             Studies >> GuyanaFindinFederal Research                      Division PagesResearchers                      Web PagesAll Library of Congress PagesA Country Study: Guyana**Library of Congress Call Number F2368                   .G893 1993****Please                   note**: The current Country Study was previously in a                   multi-country volume. Chapter numbers reflect those used in                   the printed book.- Guyana  ForewordAcknowledgments
- Preface  IntroductionGuyana:                       Country Profile
Country
- GEOGRAPHY  SOCIETYECONOMY
- Transportation                           and Communications  Government                           and PoliticsNational                           Security 
Chapter                       1 - Guyana: Historical Setting
 (Scott B. MacDonald)                       
The                           Early Years
- The                           Coming of the Europeans  Transition                           to British RuleThe                           Early British Colony and the Labor Problem
- Origins                           of the Border Dispute with Venezuela  Political                           and Social Awakenings- Nineteenth-Century                               British Guiana  Political                               and Social Changes in the 1900sThe                               Development of Political Parties
- Pre-Independence                           Government, 1953-66    - The                               PPP'S First Government, 1953  The                               Interim Government, 1953-57The                               Second PPP Government, 1957-61, and Racial Politics
- PPP                               Reelection and Debacle   Independence                           and the Burnham Era- Burnham                               in Power  The                               Cooperative RepublicFrom                               Burnham to Hoyte
Chapter                       2 - Guyana: The Society and Its Environment
 (Frederick                       J. Conway)                       
Geography
Terrain
- Hydrology  ClimatePopulation
Demographic                               Profile
- Ethnic                               Composition  Population                               Distribution and Settlement Patterns Urban                               Population
- Emigration   Ethnic                           Groups - Afro-Guyanese  Indo-GuyanesePortuguese                               and Chinese
- Amerindians  Development                               of Ethnic IdentityIdeologies                               of Race and Class
- Family                           and Kinship Structure    - Afro-Guyanese                               Patterns  Indo-Guyanese                               PatternsReligion
Christianity
- Hinduism  IslamObeah                               and Amerindian Practices
- Cults  Religion                               and PoliticsEducation
Education                               Policy and the Teaching Profession
- Primary                               Schools  Secondary                               SchoolsInstitutions                               of Higher Education
- Attitudes                               toward Education   Health                           and Welfare- Food                               and Diet  HealthHealth                               and Welfare Services
Chapter                       3 - Guyana: The Economy
 (Brian D. McFeeters)                       
Growth                           and Structure of the Economy
History
Preindependence
- Postindependence   StructureParallel                               Economy
- Infrastructure   Government                           Policy- The                               Economic Recovery Program    - Restoring                                   Economic Growth  Absorbing                                   the Parallel MarketEliminating                                   Payments Imbalances
- Normalizing                                   International Financial Relations   Results                               of the Economic Recovery ProgramLabor
- Agriculture    - Sugar  RiceForestry
- Fisheries  LivestockMining
Aluminum
- Gold                               and Diamonds   Industry- Energy                               Supply  ManufacturingServices
Banking
- Transportation  CommunicationsExternal                           Economic Relations
Foreign                               Trade
Exports
- Imports   Foreign                               DebtBalance                               of Payments
- Foreign                               Investment  Foreign                               AidRegional                               Integration
Chapter                       4 - Guyana: Government and Politics
 (Georges A. Fauriol)                       
Constitutional                           Background
Preindependence                               Constitutions
- Independence                               Constitution  Constitution                               of 1980Government                           Institutions
Executive
- Legislature  JudiciaryOther                               National Institutions
- Local                               Government  Civil                               ServicePolitical                           Dynamics
Electoral                               Process
- Political                               Parties    - People's                                   National Congress  People's                                   Progressive PartyOther                                   Political Groups
- Interest                               Groups    - Trade                                   Unions  MediaReligious                                   Organizations
- Other                                   Groups    Foreign                           Relations- Relations                               with the United States  Relations                               with VenezuelaRelations                               with Brazil
- Relations                               with Suriname  Relations                               with BritainRelations                               with the Commonwealth Caribbean
- Relations                               with Communist Countries       - Chapter                       5 - Guyana: National Security  (Christopher S. Simmons)                            - The                           Armed Forces        - Mission,                               Organization, and Capabilities  Involvement                               in Political AffairsThe                           Security Forces
Mission                               and Organization
Paramilitary                                   Forces and Special Units
- Police  Informal                                   Paramilitary GroupsHuman                               Rights Violations
- The                           Courts and the Penal System  Border                           Disputes - Guyana-Venezuela                               Dispute  Guyana-Suriname                               Dispute- Appendices    - Appendix A.                           Tables  Appendix B.                           The Commonwealth of Nations (Deborah Cinchon)                         Appendix C.                           The Caribbean Community and Common Market
 (Jeffrey                           Taylor)                        
- Appendix D.                           Caribbean Basin Initiative  (Daniel Seyler)                        BibliographyGlossary

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