Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 274 Seiten)
Ausgabe:
1st edition
ISBN:
9780230338012
Inhalt:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 African Diaspora Migrant Miners and Guyana's El Dorado; 2 Migration and Mining Strategies in a Colonial Society; 3 Mining Factors in a Diversified Economy; 4 The Perils of Labor in Mining: Migration and Mortality; 5 Aspects of Infrastructure Development: Gold and Diamonds; 6 Another Approach: Organizing Bauxite Production; 7 Evolving Relations: Mining and Trade Unionism
Inhalt:
8 Internal Migration and Village Dynamics: Families and Communities Coping9 Knowledge Transfer and Cooperativism: Agriculture and Mining Eras; 10 African Continuities, Jewels, and Economic Linkages to Mining; Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Appendix C; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
Inhalt:
From the late 1800s, African workers migrated to the mineral-rich hinterland areas of Guyana, mined gold, diamonds, and bauxite; diversified the country's economy; and contributed to national development. Utilizing real estate, financial, and death records, as well as oral accounts of the labor migrants along with colonial officials and mining companies' information stored in National Archives in Guyana, Great Britain, and the U.S. Library of Congress, the study situates miners into the historical structure of the country's economic development. It analyzes the workers attraction to mining fro
Anmerkung:
Description based upon print version of record
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9780230115897
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781349297016
Sprache:
Englisch
Schlagwort(e):
Afrikaner
;
Migration
;
Guyana
;
Bergmann
;
Soziale Situation
;
Geschichte
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