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The legacy of colonialism and its influence on policing and society is of crucial significance in developing an explanation for police violence and police-caused homicide in post-colonial countries such as Guyana. Mars applies a contextual approach, grounded in the conflict theoretical perspective, to explain and understand variations in police violence over time, and she extends her study to include the social, political, and legal structure in which such actions are embedded. Her findings support the notion that police violence is a function of decades of coercive state rule under British colonialism, as well as the state's legitimization of violence in police work. ... Read more

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"The legend of El Dorado pales in comparison to the reality of Guyana's resources."
Long thought to have been the source of the El Dorado legend, and home of what was once the largest open-pit gold mine in South America, Guyana is quickly becoming a pioneer in wildlife conservation and ecotourism in South America.Birding trips near the capital of Georgetown can lead to the sighting of more than 50 varieties of birds in just an hour or two.The Kanuku Mountain sanctuary, inland, is home to more than three hundred fifty bird species, and the country as a whole is home to over eight hundred bird species.Well over two hundred mammal species, many of them unique, populate the three climate zones--forest, savannah, and coastal.To prevent the loss of habitats for these birds and mammals, some areas of the country are now under government protection, especially in the Kanuku Mountains and in the northernmost beach areas which serve as breeding grounds for several rare turtle species.

One of the reasons that ecotourism is being promoted is that Guyana, unlike Venezuela and other Caribbean-facing countries, has no white sand beaches, eliminating the possibility of large-scale beach resort development, though its placid rivers and rich flora and fauna have recently made it a fascinating cruising destination for small boat owners.Its nearly three hundred unique flowering plants and over five hundred species of orchids are unparalleled in beauty.

First inhabited twelve thousand years ago by people who arrived from Mongolia, Guyana became the home of their descendants, the Amerindians, a culture which remained intact until the arrival of Spanish explorers in the sixteenth century, followed by African slaves brought in to work in the sugar industry, and later the Portuguese, French, Indian, Chinese, Dutch, and British colonizers and settlers, all of whom contributed to a melting pot culture.Independent from the British since 1966, Guyana is the only English-speaking country in South America, "a land of contradictions and superlatives" boasting, among other features, the tallest wooden building in the world, the highest single-drop waterfall, the world's largest freshwater fish, the largest undeveloped rainforest left in the world, the world's largest spider--a bird-eating spider with an eleven inch leg span--and the world's largest bat--with a one-meter wing span!

Gorgeous photographs accompany the fascinating history of Guyana in this well-written text, which dramatically illustrates the country's potential for growth, along with its need for better infrastructure.The country has some problems in and around the cities with unemployment, underemployment, and the underdevelopment of major industries there, and the government recognizes these need to be addressed.In the countryside, however, agriculture is already a major industry, and freshwater aquaculture and ecotourism could become major industries there.The Guyanese people, are energetic, culturally diverse, and forward-thinking, and they are already making strides toward protecting their immense natural resources and preserving the environment, while still developing viable and self-sustaining industries that benefit the entire nation. Hats off to Guyana! nMary Whipple

The Ventriloquist's Tale, by Pauline Melville, winner of the Whitbread Prize First Novel Award, 1997.Guyanese author.
The Longest Memory, by Fred D'Aguiar, winner of the Whitbread Prize First Novel Award, 1994.Guyanese author.
The Lost World (Modern Library Classics), classic A. C. Doyle novel set in Guyana

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This work analyzes the way in which Guyana's foreign policy has fared in maintaining its national security. Since its independence in 1966, Guyanese foreign policy has been synonymous with national security. The process of national security in Guyana, like that of other post-colonial small-states, cannot be viewed independently from that of nation-building. Guyana's struggles with internal insecurity are examined, along with the responses to various external challenges which have resulted in human insecurity and significant external involvement in the micromanagement of Guyana's domestic affairs. ... Read more

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This book is a description and analysis of racism in Guyana from the pre-colonial era to the present time. There has been oppression by Europeans, Africans and currently East Indians. The study argues that although all three ethnic groups have practiced oppression based on race, the differences between them lie in culture. Emphasis is placed on Hindu racism, which has been reconstituted in the context of Guyana and bears a similarity to Western racism. ... Read more

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There is such a high level of violence in Guyanese society that not only are Guyanese perturbed by it, but many are unable to offer a coherent explanation for it. So much so that one social commentator explains it as“demons stalking the land.” With the intense violence we are witnessing the decay of Guyanese society. The study categorizes the various types of violence in the society and argues that the current intense violence has its origin in structural (state) violence, and is justified by spiritual violence in that cultural loyalty asserts that racism, and violence against the enemy, are virtues. Some of the deaths are interpreted as ritual sacrifice in that scapegoats are found to pin the blame for the social and economic ills of the nation.Theintense violence is also a cause for concern in that it indicates that Guyana is on the road to mass violence. Some of the signs are abject poverty for many, the normalizing of dishonesty, intense everyday violence, death squads and an armed resistance movement. The book has been written in the hope that a recognition andunderstanding of the violence may interrupt the process and thereby avert a catastrophe. ... Read more

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Guyana. Savanna, Geography of Guyana, Regions of Guyana, Neighborhood Councils of Guyana, Schomburgk Line, History of Guyana, Economy of Guyana, Agriculture in Guyana, List of companies of Guyana, Demographics of Guyana, Guyanese people, Religion in Guyana, Transport in Guyana, Electricity sector in Guyana ... Read more

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Chapters: Dutch West India Company, Walter Raleigh, Viceroyalty of New Granada, Georgetown, Guyana, Transport in Guyana, Charles Waterton, Jim Jones, Demerara Rebellion of 1823, British Guiana, British West Indian Labour Unrest of 1934-1939, Berbice High School, New Kingdom of Granada, New Amsterdam, Guyana, Quamina, Guayana Esequiba, Stabroek, Guyana, Guyanese Dollar, Enmore Martyrs, Railways in Guyana, Kaieteur Falls, Jack Gladstone, David Milne, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Schomburgk Line, Portuguese Community in Guyana, List of Governors of British Guiana, Georgetown Lighthouse, Guyana, Kyk-Over-Al, Cuffy, Richard Luyt, Ss Indus, Everard F. Im Thurn, Hereford, New Andalusia, Avon, Moy, Parliament Building, Guyana, Anglo-Dutch Treaty of 1814, Ss Sutlej, List of Presidents of Guyana, New Amsterdam Public Hospital, Victoria, Guyana, Republic of Independent Guyana, Georgetown Seawall, British Guianan Guilder, Rupununi Uprising, Erne, Mission Chapel, New Amsterdam, Howrah, British Guiana at the 1930 British Empire Games, Edward Luckhoo, Cassard Expedition, Cuyuni River, Ss Wardha, Berbice Slave Uprising, Demerara-Essequibo, United Nations Security Council Resolution 223, Pierre Louis de Saffon, Cesar Castellani, David Rose, Company Path Garden, Abary River, List of Governors-General of Guyana, Stiver. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 268. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: James Warren "Jim" Jones (May 13, 1931 November 18, 1978) was the founder and leader of the Peoples Temple, which is best known for the November 18, 1978 death of more than 900 Temple members in Jonestown, Guyana along with the deaths of nine other people at a nearby airstrip and in Georgetown, Guyana. Jones was born in Indiana and started the Temple in that state in the 1950s. Jones and the Temple later moved to Cal...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=223215 ... Read more

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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: 1968 in Guyana, 1972 in Guyana, 1980 in Guyana, 1984 in Guyana, 1988 in Guyana, 1992 in Guyana, 1996 in Guyana, 2000 in Guyana, 2003 in Guyana, 2004 in Guyana, 2006 in Guyana, 2007 in Guyana, 2008 in Guyana, 2009 in Guyana, Elections in Guyana, Elizabeth Ii of the United Kingdom, Governors-General of Guyana, Governors of British Guiana, Immigrants to British Guiana, Massacres in Guyana, Netherlands Guiana, Presidents of Guyana, Dutch West India Company, Walter Raleigh, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Viceroyalty of New Granada, Georgetown, Guyana, Transport in Guyana, Charles Waterton, List of Titles and Honours of Queen Elizabeth Ii, Jim Jones, Descent of Elizabeth Ii From William I, Golden Jubilee of Elizabeth Ii, List of Participants in Queen Elizabeth Ii Coronation Procession, States Headed by Elizabeth Ii, Coronation of Queen Elizabeth Ii, Demerara Rebellion of 1823, Personality and Image of Queen Elizabeth Ii, List of Commonwealth Visits Made by Queen Elizabeth Ii, Ancestry of Elizabeth Ii of the United Kingdom, British West Indian Labour Unrest of 1934-1939, Berbice High School, Janet Jagan, List of Prime Ministers of Queen Elizabeth Ii, New Kingdom of Granada, Elizabeth Cross, New Amsterdam, Guyana, Quamina, Guayana Esequiba, Henry Barkly, Silver Jubilee of Elizabeth Ii, Stabroek, Guyana, List of State Visits Made by Queen Elizabeth Ii, Guyanese Dollar, Lusignan Massacre, Francis Hincks, Forbes Burnham, Proclamation of Accession of Elizabeth Ii, Cheddi Jagan, Essequibo, Enmore Martyrs, Flags and Coats of Arms of Elizabeth Ii, Railways in Guyana, Kaieteur Falls, Jack Gladstone, Bharrat Jagdeo, David Milne, Annus Horribilis, Desmond Hoyte, Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth Ii, Robert Hermann Schomburgk, Cecil Hunter Rodwell, Geoffry Northcote, Jenico Preston, 14th Viscount ... ... Read more

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The new millennium juxtaposes different generations who were witnesses to the genesis of turmoil in Guyana. Since the year 1992, in which democracy returned to Guyana, opposition elements continue to be unreceptive to electoral defeats. The disinclination to concede electoral loss since 1992 has become a normative historical behavior in the Guyanese context. International observers have validated the four national elections in 1992, 1997, 2001, and 2006 as being free, fair, and transparent. Today, electoral defeat has a relationship with the infamous political/mass media/racial complex that constantly pursues the destabilization of the state and undermines nation-building. Essentially, this complex is a community of irrationality, engaging in a persistent dissemination of despair.This book focuses on politics, media, and race. The two main objectives of the work are: demonstrating the modus operandi and the dysfunctional consequences of this community of irrationality through the political/mass media/racial complex, and showing the rational behaviors that have held the society together since 1992. In the interest of building a strong nation, it may be useful to work toward a transformation of this community of irrationality to a community of rationality. ... Read more