A Short History of the Guyanese People

Daly, Vere T., A Short History of the Guyanese People, (with a Foreword by L.F.S. Burnham, Prime Minister), Georgetown: The Daily Chronicle, n.d..

Contents:

PART ONE: OUR HERITAGE.

I. Background to Our History: (1) Our Common Origin.
II. Background to Our History: (2) Origin and Migrations of the Amerindians.
III. Background to Our History: (3) Our Heritage from Greece and Rome.

PART TWO: THE MAKING OF GUYANA.

IV. The Coming of Europeans and Africans.
V. The Buccaneers in Guyana.
VI. The Shaping of Essequebo, Demerara and Berbice.
VII. The Independent History of Demerara - Essequebo
VIII. The Independent History of Berbice.
IX. The Settlement of Our Boundaries with Venezuela and Brazil.

PART THREE: THE FIGHT FOR FREEDOM.

X. The First Steps to Freedom.
XI. Abolition and Emancipation.
XII. Full – Scale Importation of Portuguese, East Indians and Chinese.
XIII. Our Common Suffering.
XIV. Guyanese Struggle for Economic Freedom.
XV. The Failure of European Tutelage in Village Administration.
XVI. The Building of a Modern State.

PART FOUR: THE RISE OF THE GUYANESE PEOPLE.

XVII. The Education of the Guyanese People
XVIII. The Road to Independence.