I. Early Colonization and Development.- Methodology.- Guyana — The Land.- Early Settlements and Colonization.- II. The Development of the Plantation System.- Cultural Design of Plantation Society.- III. The Saccharine Society.- The Image of King Sugar.- VI. The Mosaic of Subcultures.- The Colored Group.- Analysis.- The African Group.- V. Labor Problems and Social Adjustment.- The Portuguese Immigrants.- The East Indians.- The Chinese.- VI. The Precursors of Conflict between the Fragments.- The Social Revolution.- Politico-racial Factors.- Some External Variables.- VII. The Eruption of Violence.- VIII. Conclusion.- A Civic Program.- Selected Bibliography.