{"product_id":"cheddi-jagan-and-the-politics-of-power-british-guianas-struggle-for-independence-paperback","title":"Cheddi Jagan and the Politics of Power: British Guiana's Struggle for Independence - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eColin a. Palmer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin Palmer, one of the foremost chroniclers of twentieth-century British and U.S. imperialism in the Caribbean, here tells the story of British Guiana's struggle for independence. At the center of the story is Cheddi Jagan, who was the colony's first premier following the institution of universal adult suffrage in 1953.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInformed by the first use of many British, U.S., and Guyanese archival sources, Palmer's work details Jagan's rise and fall, from his initial electoral victory in the spring of 1953 to the aftermath of the British-orchestrated coup d'etat that led to the suspension of the constitution and the removal of Jagan's independence-minded administration. Jagan's political odyssey continued--he was reelected to the premiership in 1957--but in 1964 he fell out of power again under pressure from Guianese, British, and U.S. officials suspicious of Marxist influences on the People's Progressive Party, founded in 1950 by Jagan and his activist wife, Janet Rosenberg. But Jagan's political life was not over--after decades in the opposition, he became Guyana's president in 1992.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSubtly analyzing the actual role of Marxism in Caribbean anticolonial struggles and bringing the larger story of Caribbean colonialism into view, Palmer examines the often malevolent roles played by leaders at home and abroad and shows how violence, police corruption, political chicanery, racial politics, and poor leadership delayed Guyana's independence until 1966, scarring the body politic in the process. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eColin A. Palmer was a leading historian of the Caribbean and the African diaspora. His \u003ci\u003eFreedom's Children\u003c\/i\u003e joins \u003ci\u003eEric Williams and the Making of the Modern Caribbean\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eCheddi Jagan and the Politics of Power\u003c\/i\u003e in chronicling the history of the Caribbean in the wake of British and U.S. imperialism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 376\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 01, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51780244898080,"sku":"9781469615011","price":64.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b6895b58881ba82efeb62ea710856dd1.webp?v=1780525168","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cheddi-jagan-and-the-politics-of-power-british-guianas-struggle-for-independence-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}