British Guiana: The Land of Six PeoplesH.M. Stationery Office, 1957 - Broj stranica: 235 |
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Stranica 60
... fields . Large areas of the top - soil have been dug away , leaving the surface scarred and exposing the less rich earth beneath . The removed earth lies in smouldering mounds at the roadside , ready to be strewn , pink , on the ...
... fields . Large areas of the top - soil have been dug away , leaving the surface scarred and exposing the less rich earth beneath . The removed earth lies in smouldering mounds at the roadside , ready to be strewn , pink , on the ...
Stranica 63
... fields , usually visible from the road , are filled with Indian men , women and children . They work hard - harder , the sugar plantation over- seers will tell you , than they ever work in the sugar fields — and take a short time off ...
... fields , usually visible from the road , are filled with Indian men , women and children . They work hard - harder , the sugar plantation over- seers will tell you , than they ever work in the sugar fields — and take a short time off ...
Stranica 71
... field overseers of the estates would have their meals at the manager's house and the large room was needed as their mess . They paid a proportion of their salary to the manager's wife who accordingly provided their food . It was a ...
... field overseers of the estates would have their meals at the manager's house and the large room was needed as their mess . They paid a proportion of their salary to the manager's wife who accordingly provided their food . It was a ...
Stranica 72
... field manager joined us and although they were tough Scotsmen who clearly would take nonsense from no one they spoke ... field manager said that his over- seers - field assistants ' is their new , genteel name — were always on the watch ...
... field manager joined us and although they were tough Scotsmen who clearly would take nonsense from no one they spoke ... field manager said that his over- seers - field assistants ' is their new , genteel name — were always on the watch ...
Stranica 72
... fields before the cutting , which is done by hand with sharp cutlasses . ( Below ) Left to right : an official from head- office in Georgetown , the Field Manager and the Overseer . The four upper pictures show ( left to right )
... fields before the cutting , which is done by hand with sharp cutlasses . ( Below ) Left to right : an official from head- office in Georgetown , the Field Manager and the Overseer . The four upper pictures show ( left to right )
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