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Author Hyles, Joshua R., author.

Title Guiana and the shadows of empire : colonial and cultural negotiations at the edge of the world / Joshua R. Hyles
Published Lanham : Lexington Books, [2014]
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Description 1 online resource (xv, 185 pages) : maps
Contents Guianas- prehistory-1667 -- Guianas 1667-1814 -- British Guiana 1814-1914 -- French Guiana 1814-1914 -- Dutch Guiana 1814-1914 -- Guianas 1914-1950 -- Guyana 1950-present -- French Guiana 1950-present -- Suriname 1950-present -- Conclusion
Summary This text is the first in many years to address the histories and cultures of Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana in a single regional volume, exploring their colorful pasts and explaining the vast cultural differences among the three. Students of Caribbean history, Latin American history, colonialism and imperialism, and the history of slavery will find a collection of useful information on the region that has not been assembled to this degree in any other text currently available
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Imperialism.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- South America.
Colonization
Imperialism
Entkolonialisierung
Kolonialismus
Verwaltung
SUBJECT Guiana -- Colonization
Guyana -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85058014
Suriname -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85130812
French Guiana -- History. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051815
Subject South America -- Guiana
French Guiana
Guyana
Suriname
Französisch-Guayana
Guyana
Surinam
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2013032886
ISBN 9780739187807
0739187805
1306206235
9781306206235