Labor, Rematerialized: Putting Environments to Work in the Americas
Abstrak
The late Guyanese historian and political activist Walter Rodney began his posthumously publishedA History of the Guyanese Working People 1881–1905(1981) by analyzing the “physical environment and class interests” in coastal Guyana. Writing against narratives that privileged the roles played by European capital and technology, Rodney argued that working people made large contributions to the “humanization” of the Guyanese environment. He noted that a powerful planter class placed severe constraints on working people who were “in no position to control the available technology or to initiate environmental intervention.” Political power was important, but Rodney noted that the environment played “a determining role in limiting the activities ofallsections of the population [original emphasis].” Writing an “intelligible narrative” of Guyana's history then, was “impossible” without an understanding of Guyana's environment.
Penulis (1)
John Soluri
Akses Cepat
- Tahun Terbit
- 2014
- Bahasa
- en
- Total Sitasi
- 3×
- Sumber Database
- CrossRef
- DOI
- 10.1017/s0147547913000434
- Akses
- Open Access ✓