ABSTRACT

Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society (1987) studies Guyanese society after slavery and specifically examines the area of social classes and ethnic groups. It also focuses on the theoretical issues in the debate on pluralism versus stratification and provides a detailed interdisciplinary analysis of the process of structural change in a composite colonial society over a significantly long historical period – over half a century.

chapter |6 pages

Introduction

part |42 pages

Historical and Theoretical Background

part |42 pages

White Minority Dominance

part |46 pages

The Blacks and Coloureds in Society

chapter Chapter 5|16 pages

The Political Subordination of the Black Villages

chapter Chapter 6|28 pages

Second Class Subjects

The Socio-Economic Status of the Blacks and Coloureds

part |52 pages

The Incorporation of Immigrants

chapter Chapter 7|22 pages

Secondary Colonists

The Rise of the Portuguese Immigrants

chapter Chapter 8|28 pages

The Subjugation of the Indian and Chinese Immigrants

part |36 pages

The Organization and Structure of The Total Society

chapter Chapter 9|22 pages

The Stability and Unity ofthe Society

Consensus or Coercion

chapter Chapter 10|12 pages

Conclusion

Race, Power and Social Segmentation