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LEADER: 01448pam a2200313 a 4500
001 95046918
003 DLC
005 20021207183618.0
008 951031s1996 nyub b 001 0 eng
010 $a 95046918
020 $a0773487905
020 $a0889464707
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $as-gy---
050 00 $aHD8039.S86$bG896 1996
082 00 $a331.5/44/09881$220
100 1 $aMangru, Basdeo.
245 12 $aA history of East Indian resistance on the Guyana sugar estates, 1869-1948 /$cBasdeo Mangru.
260 $aLewiston, NY :$bEdwin Mellen Press,$cc1996.
300 $axiv, 370 p. :$bmap ;$c24 cm.
490 1 $aCaribbean studies ;$vvol. 4
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 1 $a"Denying concept of East Indian docility and conservatism, author argues that their militancy, especially on sugar estates where they were exploited, demonstrates their willingness and ability to champion their rights. Links this trait to aggressive nature of their 20th-century political efforts to enhance material conditions of workers"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.$uhttp://www.loc.gov/hlas/
650 0 $aSugar workers$zGuyana$xHistory.
650 0 $aPlantation workers$zGuyana$xHistory.
650 0 $aContract labor$zGuyana$xHistory.
650 0 $aEast Indians$zGuyana$xHistory.
650 0 $aSugarcane industry$zGuyana$xHistory.
830 0 $aCaribbean studies (Lewiston, N.Y.) ;$vv. 4.