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... I stayed on sugar estates in the coastal areas , enjoyed the social life of the expatriate English in Georgetown , met Guianese of every race and passed some weeks with primitive Indians in the deep Interior .
... I stayed on sugar estates in the coastal areas , enjoyed the social life of the expatriate English in Georgetown , met Guianese of every race and passed some weeks with primitive Indians in the deep Interior .
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... and flamboyante trees ( Pithecellobium saman Benth and Poinciana regia Biz ) ; when the saman is ancient it has a gnarled , writhing beauty , the forms of its almost leafless branches visible like those of English trees in winter .
... and flamboyante trees ( Pithecellobium saman Benth and Poinciana regia Biz ) ; when the saman is ancient it has a gnarled , writhing beauty , the forms of its almost leafless branches visible like those of English trees in winter .
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It began as a lingua franca for slaves , who normally had no common African language amongst themselves and so were forced to learn a primitive English . New slaves learnt talkie - talkie from the old ones and missionaries read them the ...
It began as a lingua franca for slaves , who normally had no common African language amongst themselves and so were forced to learn a primitive English . New slaves learnt talkie - talkie from the old ones and missionaries read them the ...
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Today it is difficult to imagine that all has been achieved in a mere seventy - five years , when the trees of English landscaped gardens take two centuries to take the shape imagined for them by those who planted them .
Today it is difficult to imagine that all has been achieved in a mere seventy - five years , when the trees of English landscaped gardens take two centuries to take the shape imagined for them by those who planted them .
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... a place of considerable beauty where the ornate tombstones of planters who died in their primethe death - rate among the English in the old days was high— stand beside those of humble soldiers , but always some distance from the ...
... a place of considerable beauty where the ornate tombstones of planters who died in their primethe death - rate among the English in the old days was high— stand beside those of humble soldiers , but always some distance from the ...
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African agricultural allowed Amerindians appear become believe Berbice British Guiana brought building built called canals cause cent coast Colony coloured Commission Company Constitution Demerara difficult District drainage Dutch East Indian economic elected English Essequibo estates fact factory fall Federation fields forest Georgetown give given Government Governor ground Guianese hand important increase Indian industry interests Interior labour land leaves less live look Mackenzie manager matter means ment miles move Negro never officer once Party plantations political population possible prepared problems produced Report result rice river road Rupununi schemes schools seems slaves Street sugar survey taken tion told town trees turned various village West workers
Bibliografski podaci
| Naslov | British Guiana: The Land of Six Peoples Opseg 4 iz Corona library |
| Autor | Michael Swan |
| Izdanje | 2, ilustrirano |
| Izdavač | H.M. Stationery Office, 1957 |
| Izvornik iz | Kalifornijsko sveučilište |
| Digitalizirano | 10 pro 2019 |
| Duljina | Broj stranica: 235 |
| Izvezi navode | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |