Cultural Power, Resistance and Pluralism: Colonial Guyana 1838-1900

by Brian L. Moore

Book Overview

Drawing on a wide range of historical, sociological, and anthropological theory and data, Moore describes and analyses the institutions, customs, and beliefs of Afro-Creole, Indian Bhojpuri, Portuguese Latin, Chinese Hua-Qiao, and Victorian ?lite subcultures that make up Guyanese society. He looks at the way British colonizers used their power to transform and submerge the cultures of other ethnic groups and establish their own cultural model as dominant,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9766400067
• ISBN13: 9789766400064
• Release Date: August 1995
• Publisher: University of the West Indies Press
• Length: 392 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"