Surinam : Switi Sranan /
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| Author / Creator: | Fey, Toon. |
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| Imprint: | Amsterdam : KIT Publishers, c2003. |
| Description: | 160 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), maps (some col.) ; 31 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5129971 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- The landscapes
- The mountains
- The lowlands
- The coastal plain
- A warm, humid climate
- The rainforest
- Ever green
- Floating gardens
- The forest floor
- Forest animals
- Perfect but fragile
- The other landscapes
- Rivers
- Savannahs
- Swamps
- 'Twixt salt and sweet
- Nature reserves
- Nature Conservation
- An empty continent
- Agriculture
- Migration
- Europe expands
- The English and the Zeelanders
- Slow start
- Surinam as a possession
- Surinam as a plantation
- The era of slavery
- Slave labour
- Runaway slaves
- Freedom
- From colony to republic
- Migration of contract labourers
- The end of the plantation economy
- A neglected colony
- Anton de Kom
- The Second World War as a catalyst
- Towards independence
- An independent republic
- One country, many worlds
- The Indians
- The Maroons
- The Creoles
- Woman with skirt
- The Hindus
- The Javanese
- The Chinese
- The Jews
- The 'Boeroes'
- The Lebanese
- Missions
- Protestant missionaries
- Catholic missions
- The riches of Surinam
- Bauxite
- Oil
- Gold
- Small-scale gold prospecting
- Bananas
- Rice
- Forestry
- Fishing
- Tourism
- The city
- From trading post to capital city
- Architecture
- The inhabitants
- Fort Zeelandia
- The area around the Onafhankelijkheidsplein
- The cathedral
- The Central Market
- Urban renewal and housing development
- The city and its culture
- Music
- Theatre
- Visual arts
- Literature
- The ten districts
- Wanica
- Saramacca
- Coronie
- Nickerie
- Commewijne
- Marowijne
- Para
- Brokopondo
- Sipaliwini
