Author: Jan Hansdew AdhinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Suriname
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Development Planning in Surinam in Historical Perspective, with Special Reference to the Ten Year Plan
Author: Jan Hansdew AdhinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Suriname
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Development Planning in Surinam in Historical Perspective, with Special Reference to the Ten Year Plan. Met Een Samenvatting in Het Nederlands. Con Un Resumen en Español. Proefschrift, Etc
Author: Jan Handsew ADHINDevelopment planning in Surinam in historical perspective
Author: Jan Hansdew AdhinDevelopment Planning in Surinam in Historical Perspective
Author: Jan Hansdew AdhinPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Surinam
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Development Planning in Surinam in Historical Perspective (with Special Reference to the Ten Year Plan). With a Forword by John J. Hanrath
Author: J. H. AdhinGeneral History of the Caribbean
Author: Higman, B.W.Publisher: UNESCO Publishing
ISBN: 9231033603
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1002
Book Description
This volume looks at the ways historians have written the history of the region, depending upon their methods of interpretation and differing styles of communicating their findings. The chapters discussing methodology are followed by studies of particular themes of historiography. The second half of the volume describes the writing of history in the individual territories, taking into account changes in society, economy and political structure. The final section is a full and detailed bibliography serving not only as a guide to the volume but also as an invaluable reference for the General History of the Caribbcan as a whole.
The Difficult Flowering of Surinam
Author: Edward DewPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401732787
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
In the months immediately preceding Surinam's independence, November 25, 1975, warning signals went up on both sides of the Atlantic. This small, ethnically plural society was torn by severe political conflict. Elections in November 1973 had brought an end to political collaboration between Creoles and Hindustanis, the country's two largest ethnic groups; and the Creoles, now in control of the government, were resolutely pushing (over Hindustani opposition) to sever their colonial ties with the Netherlands. But defections from the Creole benches during the summer of 1975 had produced a virtual stalemate in the legislature, heightening fears that the government would act unilaterally. The failure of Creole and Hindustani leaders to resolve their differences led many observers in both the Netherlands and Surinam to predict a collapse of democracy and/or violent conflict once independence was proclaimed. Ironically, the dramatic, last-minute resolution of the struggle precipitated not only general jubilation and relief, but also self-congratulation, as the leaders of Surinam's multiethnic society, long priding themselves on achieve ments in harmonious understanding, pulled out all stops in their indepen dence day oratory. No-one could forget the nightmare of the preceding few years. But neither could anyone familiar with Surinam's historical develop ment flatly reject the rhetoric as being without some foundation. In fact, Surinam, while severely tested by the most complex multi-ethnic population in the Caribbean, does have a record of which she can be proud and which deserves to be more widely known.
Twentieth-Century Suriname
Author: Rosemarijn HöftePublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004475346
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Suriname is a fascinating yet also little known Caribbean country. Fascinating because a unique variety of lifestyles and group identities has characterized this country from its early beginnings as a European plantation colony, but even more so since the influx of contract laborers from British India and Java in the nineteenth century. Little known because even when attention was focused on the country, particularly following a military coup d'état in 1980, this awareness has contributed little to a better understanding of the country's complex developments. In fact, the media have not unveiled but rather covered the essentials of the evolving Suriname society. Combining a broad thematic approach with a focus on long-term developments in Suriname, 20th Century Suriname consists of fourteen chapters that discuss the main trends with respect to major areas of research. Topics such as Surinamese politics and economics, as well as its social, religious, and cultural aspects are covered by the best contemporary specialists on Suriname in the United States, the Netherlands, and Suriname. This volume provides an accessible introduction to Suriname for a general audience, including graduate and undergraduate students, and an authoritative 'state of the art review' for Suriname specialists.
General History of the Caribbean UNESCO Volume 6
Author: NA NAPublisher: Springer
ISBN: 1349737763
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 1002
Book Description
Volume6 looks at the ways historians have written the history of the region depending upon their methods of interpretation and differing styles of communicating their findings. The authors examine how the lingual diversity of the region has affected the historian's ability to coalesce an historical account. The second half of the volume describes the writing of history in the individual territories, taking into account changes in society, economy and political structure. This volume concludes with a detailed bibliography that is comprehensive of the entire series.
Frontier Society
Author: R.A.J. van LierPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004434755
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
This classic study was originally published in 1949 in Dutch as Samenleving in een grensgebied. This English translation is based on a second revised Dutch edition from 1971. The point of departure is J.S. Furnivall’s concept of ‘plural society’ to sketch the historical development of Suriname. The author focuses on the social relations that determined life in the colony. In the final part, discussing the period from the abolition of slavery to World War II, relatively more attention is given to the Creoles or Afro-Surinamese than to the populations of Asian descent, because the influence exercised by the Creole group during that period was predominant.