Provides an in-depth analysis of the forces that contributed to the shaping of the West Indian society covering the the crucial inter-war years from the 1920s to the period of the 1960s.

Originally published in 1984, this is a documented account of the political history of the former British colony of Guyana. Providing a reflection of the increasing involvement of the United States in the Caribbean and Central America on the long-term political, social and economic effect that intervention can have on the small states of less developed countries during the period of 1945 to 1983. The text includes a detailed historical account of post-World War II politics and moves onto the emergence of the nationalist movement in Guyana in the late 1940s and the cold war period of the 1950s; concluding with the consequences both politically and economically in the 1980s.

General study of Guyana - covers historical and geographical aspects, demographic aspects and social structures, labour force, living conditions, education, cultural factors, religion, the system of government, foreign policy, the economic structure, industry, agriculture, national level defence, labour relations, trade, the administration of justice, etc., and includes a glossary of guyanan terms. ILO mentioned. Bibliography pp. 351 to 367 and statistical tables.