Article(print)#11988
The settlement of Chinese in Guyana in the nineteenth century
In: Immigrants & minorities, Volume 7, Issue Mar 88
ISSN: 0261-9288
Examines the process by which Chinese immigrant workers settled and adjusted to life in Guyana after slavery. Assesses their contribution to the plantation system and their efforts to establish independent economic enterprises after their indentureships. Also analyses the social and cultural adjustments imposed by the conditions of migration and plantation life. (Abstract amended)