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    The two countries that I will be comparing the role of race/class in defining the structure of politics and administration are Trinidad and Tobago and Guyana. The factors that will influence this will differ between Guyana and Trinidad and Tobago. These societies are similar but their histories and political development have been dramatically different. In the case of Trinidad it was certainly the case that the nature of the economy ‚the demographic ratios between and among the groups‚ the settlement

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    indian indentureship

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    the agriculture production in Guyana (formerly known as British Guiana and located on mainland South America) had fallen by 60 percent and plantations were being shut down at an alarming rate where plantation owners dreaded the loss of cheap labor after the enslaved Africans were freed and most of them chose to leave the plantation‚ heading for the villages and towns‚ refusing to work for their Plantation owners who had mistreated them. Plantation owners in Guyana then turned to immigrants from

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    small little hands as fast as I could with the intention to take the life of this little critter. My day has just begun successfully as I got rid of the gruesome critter like every other day in Guyana. Guyana is a country located in South America‚ yes Guyana not Guiana as many people assume it to be. Guyana is a very rural place and isn’t really that great of a place to lavish in. You’ll be lucky enough to make it across a small bridge without it collapsing and dumping you in the foul-smelling garbage

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    The Peoples Temple

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    Jones raised money to fund his own church that would spread his Marxist idea. He saw the way African Americans were treated as outcasts in society as he was an outcast himself. He decided the best way to spread his beliefs would be through the church. That would the Peoples Temple. It was originally created for interracial gatherings for the homeless and sick.The Peoples Temple was formed in Indianapolis‚ Indiana in mid-1950s. Jones managed to secure an affiliation with the Disciples of Christ. With

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    Jones took them to California‚ close to San Francisco . They remained here until Jones later moved them to Guyana.

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    economic malaise loomed over the country” (DoHarris 6)1.Those living in Guyana struggled to afford the daily necessities of life. “Classically‚ political and cultural superstructure rests on the foundation of economic substructure‚ and not the other way round. In other words‚ the social (or anti-social) behavior of our people is a function of our economic well being according to most theorists. Hence‚ any government‚ even that of Guyana‚ has the power and resources to influence the social behavior through

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    Letter to Editor.

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    78 Newsca Street Alchestin Town Georgetown‚ Guyana 11 June 2006 Editor Times Newspaper 103 Camp Street Georgetown Guyana Dear Editor‚ I have been looking over the results from the Nation Grade Six assessment which was written on the 25th and 26th of March by 16‚811 students. Congratulations

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    Indian Indentureship

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    Bibliography: Mangru‚ Basdeo. Indians in Guyana: A Concise History from Their Arrival to the Present. Chicago: Adams‚ 1999. Print. Ishmael‚ Odeen. "NEW INDIAN IMMIGRATION AFTER 1845." N.p.‚ n.d. Web. Naidu‚ Janet A. "Guyana Journal | Women in Guyana." Guyana Journal | Women in Guyana. Guyana Journal‚ n.d. Web. <http://www.guyanajournal.com/women_gy.html>. "Chapter III." Chapter III. N.p.‚ n.d. Web. <http://home

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    immigrants and Portuguese from Madeira. By far the largest group of new arrivals ‚ however were the Indians. Like the Portuguese they came as indentured workers to work in the sugar plantations. They soon became part of the populations of Trinidad‚ Guyana‚ Jamaica‚ Grenada and St. Vincent. Because of their large numbers‚ bringing with them religions‚ languages and cultural practices quite different from any found in the Caribbean ‚ they enriched but greatly complicated the society. They were neither

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    Madeirans came to the the British Guyana to work on a plantation in Demarara. Madeirans in Guyana * In 1834 the fisrt 40 Madeirans came to Guyana to work as indentured labourers on a ship called “Louisa Belle.” * By the end of 1835‚ 553 Madeirans came on another trip to Guyana * In the time period 1836-1839 no Madeirans came to Guyana (As the Portuguese government did not want to see all their subjects leave * In 1839‚ 209 Maltese (from Malta) came to Guyana * Things picked up in

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