Guyana: fraudulent revolution
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"Guyana is on the verge of economic collapse and a profound social crisis. The socialist rhetoric of President Forbes Burnham's regime contrasts strikingly with the ugly details of his personalist and authoritarian rule ... Guyana : fraudulant revolution analyses these contradictions in the context of the country's history from its days as a slave colony, through the violent era that preceeded independence in the 1960s, to the present situation of economic collapse and political repression. It …
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- Full title :Guyana : fraudulent revolution.
Summary
"Guyana is on the verge of economic collapse and a profound social crisis. The socialist rhetoric of President Forbes Burnham's regime contrasts strikingly with the ugly details of his personalist and authoritarian rule ... Guyana : fraudulant revolution analyses these contradictions in the context of the country's history from its days as a slave colony, through the violent era that preceeded independence in the 1960s, to the present situation of economic collapse and political repression. It tells the story of the racial manipulation, violence and political fraud that have become the hallmarks of the Burnham regime." -- from back cover.
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- Publication Date:1984.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Latin America Bureau
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:1984.
The Physical Object
- Description:106 pages : : illustrations map ; : 21 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0906156203, 9780906156209
- oclc:ocm12910924
- LC Classification:F2381
- Dewey Decimal:988/.1
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