Book/Printed Material Guyana and Belize : country studies
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Image 1 of Guyana and Belize : country studies area handbook series Guyana and Belize country studies- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 2 of Guyana and Belize : country studies- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 3 of Guyana and Belize : country studies- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 4 of Guyana and Belize : country studies- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 5 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Guyana and Belize country studies Federal Research Division Library of Congress Edited by Tim Merrill Research Completed- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 6 of Guyana and Belize : country studies On the cover Linden Forbes Burnham first prime minister of independent Guyana and George Cadle Price first prime minister of independent Belize Second Edition First Printing 1993 Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 7 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Foreword This volume is one in a continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country StudiesArea Handbook Program sponsored by the Department…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 8 of Guyana and Belize : country studies- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 9 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Acknowledgments The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of William B Mitchell William A Bibbiani Carole E DuPre Diane Fairbank Janice H Hopper Ransford W Palmer Theo dore L Stoddard and…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 10 of Guyana and Belize : country studies- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 11 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Contents Page Foreword iii Acknowledgments v Preface xv Introduction xvii Guyana Country Profile xxix Chapter 1 Guyana Historical Setting 1 Scott B MacDonald THE EARLY YEARS 4 THE COMING OF THE EUROPEANS…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 12 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Climate 34 POPULATION 35 Demographic Profile 35 Ethnic Composition 37 Population Distribution and Settlement Patterns 37 Urban Population 38 Emigration 38 ETHNIC GROUPS 40 AfroGuyanese 40 IndoGuyanese 41 Portuguese and Chinese 41…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 13 of Guyana and Belize : country studies The Economic Recovery Program 78 Results of the Economic Recovery Program 81 LABOR 82 AGRICULTURE 84 Sugar 84 Rice 86 Forestry 86 Fisheries 88 Livestock 88 MINING 89 Aluminum 89 Gold and…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 14 of Guyana and Belize : country studies FOREIGN RELATIONS 123 Relations with the United States 123 Relations with Venezuela 125 Relations with Brazil 127 Relations with Suriname 127 Relations with Britain 128 Relations with the Commonwealth Caribbean 128 Relations…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 15 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Chapter 7 Belize The Society and Its Environment 187 Charles C Rutheiser GEOGRAPHY 189 Boundaries Area and Relative Size 189 Geology 191 Physical Features 191 Natural Resources 192 Climate 192 POPULATION AND…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 16 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Fiscal Performance 233 External Debt 233 LABOR 234 FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS 235 AGRICULTURE 236 Sugar 236 Citrus 237 Bananas 238 Other Crops 239 FISHING AND FORESTRY 240 INDUSTRY 240 Mining and Energy…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 17 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Relations with Britain 285 Relations with Other Countries 286 Chapter 10 Belize National Security 289 Melinda W Cooke BELIZE S MILITARY HISTORY AND STRATEGIC SETTING 292 THE BELIZE DEFENCE FORCE 296 Personnel…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 18 of Guyana and Belize : country studies 10 Belize Mayan Settlements AD 7001700 160 11 Belize Topography and Drainage 190 12 Belize Estimated Population by Age and Sex 1986 194 13 Belize Gross Domestic Product GDP by Sector of…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 19 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Preface Like its predecessor this study is an attempt to examine ob jectively and concisely the dominant historical social economic political and military aspects of contemporary Guyana and Be lize Sources of…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 21 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Introduction GUYANA AND BELIZE belie their geographic location Although both are located on the mainland of the Americas they more closely resemble the Englishspeaking islands of the Caribbean than they do their…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 22 of Guyana and Belize : country studies and aggressively set out to drain the coast using a vast system of seawalls dikes and canals What had been swampy wasteland de cades before soon turned into thriving sugar plantations The…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 23 of Guyana and Belize : country studies frightened the British colonial authorities who suspended the new government after only four months Conflict with the British was not the only problem facing the PPP Personal rivalries between Jagan and Burnham…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 24 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Guyana s ethnic mix at independence still the same in 1993 consisted primarily of IndoGuyanese about half the population and AfroGuyanese slightly more than 40 percent of the total Smaller numbers of…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 25 of Guyana and Belize : country studies refused further loans The quality of life deteriorated blackouts were frequent and shortages of rice and sugar Guyana s two larg est crops appeared In 1985 in the midst of this turbulence…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 26 of Guyana and Belize : country studies polarization by naming an AfroGuyanese Sam Hinds as his run ning mate Monitored by an international team of observers headed by former United States President Jimmy Carter election results gave an alliance…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 27 of Guyana and Belize : country studies because of increased warfare among the citystates revolt of the peasants against the priestly class overexploitation of the environ ment or a combination of these and other factors Even though the great…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 28 of Guyana and Belize : country studies working the plantations were disenfranchised and smaller popu lations of smallholder Garifuna and Maya lived on the periphery of society The early 1900s were a period of political and social change Non…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 29 of Guyana and Belize : country studies however Belize was underpopulated in the early 1990s The country approximately the size of Massachusetts consists largely of tropical forest flat in the north and with a low range of mountains in…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 30 of Guyana and Belize : country studies In the months following completion of research and writing of this book significant political developments occurred in Belize On May 13 1993 the British government saying that it felt its mili tary…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 31 of Guyana and Belize : country studies PUP won a slim majority of the total votes cast the UDP won six teen of the twentynine seats in the National Assembly The UDP victory for several seats was razorthin six…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 32 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Guyana and Belize Country Studies Mahdia MAHAICABERBICE fort Wellington New Amsterdam _Qdriverton s ippe J V DEMERARA BERBICE BRAZIL POTAROSIPARUNI 1 1 N International boundary x International boundary in dispute District boundary…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 33 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Guyana Country Profile Country Formal Name Cooperative Republic of Guyana Short Form Guyana Term for Citizens Guyanese Capital Georgetown Independence May 26 1966 from Britain NOTE The Country Profile contains updated information…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 34 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Geography Size Approximately 215000 square kilometers Land area about 197000 square kilometers Topography Three major regions the coastal plain comprising only 5 percent of land area but with 90 percent of population…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 35 of Guyana and Belize : country studies live births life expectancy sixtysix years Economy Gross Domestic Product GDP In 1990 US275 million or US369 per capita one of lowest in the Western Hemisphere Agriculture Most important sector of economy…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 36 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Communications Underdeveloped network with only 27000 tele phones in 1983 or 33 per 100 inhabitants Rudimentary broad cast facilities with three television stations three AM radio and three FM radio stations in…- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 37 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Defense Budget US55 million in 1989 about 6 percent of GDP Internal Security Forces National police the Guyana Police Force with about 5000 members xxxiii- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 39 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Chapter 1 Guyana Historical Setting- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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Image 40 of Guyana and Belize : country studies Amerindian wood carving- Contributor: Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Johnson Research Associates - Merrill, Tim
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