Brian L Moore
Biographic Data
| ID | 3661874 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Brian L Moore |
| GIVEN NAMES | Brian L |
| FAMILY NAME | Moore |
| SIGNATURE | MOORE B L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Guyana |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1974 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society
Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society (1987) studies Guyanese society after slavery and specifically examines the area of social classes and ethnic groups. It also focuses on the theoretical issues in the debate on pluralism versus stratification and provides a detailed interdisciplinary analysis of the process of structural change in a composite colonial society over a significantly long historical period – over half a century
"They Do As They Please"
“Primary sources on English Jamaica in the seventeenth century are extremely rare, especially ones reproduced in print. The University of the West Indies Press has performed a significant service in making public one of the most important sources for early Jamaican history – John Taylor’s manuscript describing his travels to and residency in Jamaica from 1686 to 1688. . . . Taylor wrote for his fellow Englishmen back home, and his inter This book…
Neither Led Nor Driven
This superbly written book examines the cultural evolution of the Jamaican people after the explosive uprising at Morant Bay in 1865. It offers an analysis of the cultural tapestry fashioned by the Jamaican people and the specific methods used by British imperial legislators and the cultural elite in the attempt to inculcate order and control and to build a new society in Jamaica founded on the principles of Victorian Christian morality and Briti…
Cultural Power Resistance & Pluralism
Drawing on a wide range of historical, sociological, and anthropological theory and data, Moore describes and analyses the institutions, customs, and beliefs of Afro-Creole, Indian Bhojpuri, Portuguese Latin, Chinese Hua-Qiao, and Victorian élite subcultures that make up Guyanese society. He looks at the way British colonizers used their power to transform and submerge the cultures of other ethnic groups and establish their own cultural model as …
Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society
The settlement of Chinese in Guyana in the nineteenth century
This article examines the process by which Chinese immigrant workers settled and adjusted to life in Guyana after slavery. It assesses their contribution to the plantation system and their efforts to establish independent economic enterprises after their indentureships. It also analyses the social and cultural adjustments imposed by the conditions of migration and plantation life. The Chinese, aided by patterns of residential segregation, were ab…
The Retention of Caste Notions Among the Indian Immigrants in British Guiana During the Nineteenth Century
Indian immigration into the West Indies generally during the nineteenthcentury, and in particular to British Guiana, forms a small portion of migrationmovements from one area to another in the world during thatperiod. But in terms of West Indian societies, this immigration representeda major influx and so had significant social effects, especially inBritish Guiana and in Trinidad. By 1917 when the system was terminated some 429,286 Indians had be…
Sugar Without Slaves
The Retention of Caste Notions Among the Indian Immigrants in British Guiana During the Nineteenth Century
Indian immigration into the West Indies generally during the nineteenthcentury, and in particular to British Guiana, forms a small portion of migrationmovements from one area to another in the world during thatperiod. But in terms of West Indian societies, this immigration representeda major influx and so had significant social effects, especially inBritish Guiana and in Trinidad. By 1917 when the system was terminated some 429,286 Indians had be…
Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society
Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society (1987) studies Guyanese society after slavery and specifically examines the area of social classes and ethnic groups. It also focuses on the theoretical issues in the debate on pluralism versus stratification and provides a detailed interdisciplinary analysis of the process of structural change in a composite colonial society over a significantly long historical period – over half a century
Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society
Sugar Without Slaves
The Retention of Caste Notions Among the Indian Immigrants in British Guiana During the Nineteenth Century
Indian immigration into the West Indies generally during the nineteenthcentury, and in particular to British Guiana, forms a small portion of migrationmovements from one area to another in the world during thatperiod. But in terms of West Indian societies, this immigration representeda major influx and so had significant social effects, especially inBritish Guiana and in Trinidad. By 1917 when the system was terminated some 429,286 Indians had be…
The settlement of Chinese in Guyana in the nineteenth century
This article examines the process by which Chinese immigrant workers settled and adjusted to life in Guyana after slavery. It assesses their contribution to the plantation system and their efforts to establish independent economic enterprises after their indentureships. It also analyses the social and cultural adjustments imposed by the conditions of migration and plantation life. The Chinese, aided by patterns of residential segregation, were ab…
Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society
Cultural Power Resistance & Pluralism
Drawing on a wide range of historical, sociological, and anthropological theory and data, Moore describes and analyses the institutions, customs, and beliefs of Afro-Creole, Indian Bhojpuri, Portuguese Latin, Chinese Hua-Qiao, and Victorian élite subcultures that make up Guyanese society. He looks at the way British colonizers used their power to transform and submerge the cultures of other ethnic groups and establish their own cultural model as …
Neither Led Nor Driven
This superbly written book examines the cultural evolution of the Jamaican people after the explosive uprising at Morant Bay in 1865. It offers an analysis of the cultural tapestry fashioned by the Jamaican people and the specific methods used by British imperial legislators and the cultural elite in the attempt to inculcate order and control and to build a new society in Jamaica founded on the principles of Victorian Christian morality and Briti…
"They Do As They Please"
“Primary sources on English Jamaica in the seventeenth century are extremely rare, especially ones reproduced in print. The University of the West Indies Press has performed a significant service in making public one of the most important sources for early Jamaican history – John Taylor’s manuscript describing his travels to and residency in Jamaica from 1686 to 1688. . . . Taylor wrote for his fellow Englishmen back home, and his inter This book…
Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society
Race, Power and Social Segmentation in Colonial Society (1987) studies Guyanese society after slavery and specifically examines the area of social classes and ethnic groups. It also focuses on the theoretical issues in the debate on pluralism versus stratification and provides a detailed interdisciplinary analysis of the process of structural change in a composite colonial society over a significantly long historical period – over half a century
Law (8 works) · Political science (8 works) · Caribbean history, culture, and politics (7 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy (4 works) · Anthropology (3 works) · Archaeology (3 works) · civilization (3 works) · Ethnology (3 works)