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Historical Dictionary of Liberia

Inbunden, Engelska, 2000

AvElwood D. Dunn,Amos J. Beyan,Carl Patrick Burrowes

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Originally formed to harbor freed slaves and Americans returning to Africa, Liberia once was a land of hope. That was shattered by a long Civil War that shook its very foundation. Today's Liberia is glimpsed in this second edition.Building on the first edition, this updated volume focuses on the personalities, from the founders of Liberia, to the soldiers who are responsible simultaneously for destruction and the hope of stability. Along with these people, various social and ethnic groups, political parties and labor movements, economic entities and natural resources are profiled in this updated work.A new chronology of Liberia is included, and a selected bibliography suggests further readings for the scholar.

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Utgivningsdatum2000-12-20
Mått142 x 222 x 32 mm
Vikt630 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieHistorical Dictionaries of Africa
Antal sidor480
Upplaga2
FörlagScarecrow Press
ISBN9780810838765

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D. Elwood Dunn is Professor and Departmental Chair of Political Science at the University of the South. He has taught at Seton Hall and Fordham Universities, Cuttington College, and the University of Liberia. He served in the government of his native Liberia (1974-1980), becoming a member of the cabinet. Dunn was editor of the Liberian Studies Journal, 1985-1995.Amos J. Beyan is Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History at Western Michigan University. He has taught at the Kakata Teacher Training Institute, the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, and Youngstown State University.Carl Patrick Burrowes is Associate Professor of Communications at Howard University. He has worked both as a journalist and a teacher of mass communication. His writings have appeared in The New York Times, The Philadelphia Inquirer, West Africa, and Emerge.

A rich and colorful mosaic of Liberia's past…those seeking to understand Liberia's "present predicaments" (its civil war and warlordism, elections without democracy, and "privatization" of the state so that it no longer serves its people), and who are looking for "lessons" from its past that might be usefully applied to solving some of its current problems, will find that Dunn and his colleagues have produced a very good resource…highly recommend for readers looking for a single source of background information on Liberia.