| Description |
xvii, 675 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 642-659) and index. |
| Summary |
This book is about Jock Campbell's role in the shaping of British Guiana (Guyana) towards the end of the empire. Campbell, the head of the Booker Company which owned most of the sugar plantations in colonial Guyana, was a reformer whose Fabian socialist beliefs drove him to secure major benefits for sugar workers, in the 1950s-60s. It explores the interplay between Campbell's programme of reforms and the doctrinaire Marxism of Guyana's charismatic politician Cheddi Jagan. "Sweetening bitter sugar" is part biography, part history and politics. |
| Subject |
Campbell, Jock, Baron Campbell of Eskan, 1912-1994.
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Campbell, Jock, Baron Campbell of Eskan, 1912-1994. |
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Sugar trade -- Guyana -- History -- 20th century.
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Sugar trade. |
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Guyana. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
Sugar workers -- Guyana -- History.
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Sugar workers. |
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Guyana -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Politics and government. |
| Added Title |
Jock Campbell, the Booker reformer in British Guiana, 1934-1966 |
| ISBN |
9766371938 paperback |
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9789766371937 paperback |
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9766371997 hardback |
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9789766371999 hardback |
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