Title: Historical Dictionary of Liberia, Second Edition
Author/Editor: Dunn, Elwood D.; Beyan, Amos J.; Burrowes, Carl Patrick
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Date: 2000
Format: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Condition Description:
Ex-Library copy with typical library marks and stamps. Shelf and handling wear to cover and binding, with general signs of previous use. Boards retailer betray fading and nicks and other signs of wear and imperfection commensurate with age. Binding is tight and structurally sound. Library accoutrements in the usual locales; interior pages absent any extraneous marks. Sealed in plastic for shipping. Secure packaging for safe delivery.
Book Overview:
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.
Product code: Historical Dictionary of Liberia, retailer Second Edition by Elwood D. Dunn