Tim Merrill, ed. Guyana: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress, 1992.

History
THE EARLY YEARS
THE DUTCH SETTLE IN GUYANA
BRITISH TAKE OVER
THE SHORTAGE OF LABOR
BORDER DISPUTE WITH VENEZUELA
POLITICAL AND SOCIAL AWAKENINGS
Nineteenth-Century British Guiana
Political and Social Changes in the 1900s
The Development of Political Parties
PREINDEPENDENCE GOVERNMENT, 1953-66
The PPP'S First Government, 1953
The Interim Government, 1953-57
The Second PPP Government, 1957-61, and Racial Politics
PPP Reelection and Debacle
INDEPENDENCE AND THE BURNHAM ERA
Burnham in Power
The Cooperative Republic
From Burnham to Hoyte

Geography
Rivers
Climate

Society
POPULATION
Ethnic Composition
Population Distribution
Urban Population
Emigration
ETHNIC GROUPS
Afro-Guyanese
Indo-Guyanese
Portuguese and Chinese
Amerindians
Development of Ethnic Identity
Ideologies of Race and Class
FAMILY AND KINSHIP STRUCTURE
Afro-Guyanese Patterns
Indo-Guyanese Patterns
RELIGION
Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
Obeah and Amerindian Practices
Cults
Religion and Politics
EDUCATION
Education Policy and the Teaching Profession
Primary Schools
Secondary Schools
Institutions of Higher Education
Attitudes toward Education
HEALTH AND WELFARE
Food and Diet
Health
Health and Welfare Services

Economy
HISTORY OF THE ECONOMY
Preindependence
Postindependence
Structure
Parallel Economy
Infrastructure
GOVERNMENT POLICY
The Economic Recovery Program
LABOR
AGRICULTURE
Sugar
Rice
Forestry
Fisheries
Livestock
MINING
Aluminum
Gold and Diamonds
INDUSTRY
Energy Supply
Manufacturing

Government and Politics
CONSTITUTIONAL BACKGROUND
Preindependence Constitutions
Independence Constitution
Constitution of 1980
GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS
Executive
Legislature
Judiciary
Other National Institutions
Local Government
Civil Service
POLITICAL DYNAMICS
Electoral Process
Political Parties
Interest Groups
FOREIGN RELATIONS
Relations with the United States
Relations with Venezuela
Relations with Brazil
Relations with Suriname
Relations with Britain
Relations with the Commonwealth Caribbean
Relations with Communist Countries

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