A history of East Indian resistance on the Guyana sugar estates, 1869-1948
By: Basdeo Mangru.
Series: Caribbean studies ;; vol. 4; Caribbean studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ;; v. 4.
Publisher: Edwin Mellen Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Lewiston, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: Sugar workers -- Guyana -- History.; Plantation workers -- Guyana -- History.; Contract labor -- Guyana -- History.; East Indians -- Guyana -- History.; Sugarcane industry -- Guyana -- History.
Description: "Denying concept of East Indian docility and conservatism, author argues that their militancy, especially on sugar estates where they were exploited, demonstrates their willingness and ability to champion their rights. Links this trait to aggressive nature of their 20th-century political efforts to enhance material conditions of workers"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.