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Canada Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments - Everything you need to know about the country - Geography, history, politics, economy, business, etc.
Author : IBP. Inc. USA
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 49,10 MB
Release : 2015-06-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781514513668
Canada Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments - Everything you need to know about the country - Geography, history, politics, economy, business, etc.
Author : Arthur Conan Doyle, Sir
Publisher :
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 25,48 MB
Release : 2009-09-09
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781438793177
Author : IBP. Inc. USA
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 27,74 MB
Release : 2015-06-01
Category :
ISBN : 9781514513651
Cameroon Country Study Guide Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments - Everything you need to know about the country - Geography, history, politics, economy, business, etc.
Author : IBP, Inc.
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 17,21 MB
Release : 2017-09-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1433029766
2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. Liberia Foreign Policy and Government Guide
Author : IBP USA
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 13,14 MB
Release : 2012-03-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781438774848
Liberia Country Study Guide - Strategic Information and Developments Volume 1 Strategic Information and Developments
Author : USA International Business Publications
Publisher : International Business Publications USA
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 36,37 MB
Release : 2006-02-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780739796405
Geography, history, people, language, culture, traditions, economy, government, politics, constitution, places to visit, info for travelers...
Author : Frank Sherman
Publisher : New Africa Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 16,35 MB
Release : 2011
Category : History
ISBN : 9987160255
This work is a general introduction to Liberia. It is comprehensive in scope covering a wide range of subjects from a historical and contemporary perspective. It is intended for members of the general public. But some members of the academic community may also find this work to be useful in their fields. Subjects covered include an overview of the country and its geography including all the regions - known as counties - and the different ethnic groups who live there. The work is also a historical study of Liberia since the founding of the country by freed black American slaves. One of the subjects covered in the book is the conflicts - including wars - the new black American settlers had with the indigenous people. The freed slaves who, together with their descendants, came to be known as Americo-Liberians, dominated the country and excluded the indigenous people from the government and other areas of national life for almost 160 years until the Americo-Liberian rulers were overthrown in a military coup in 1980. It was one of the bloodiest military coups in modern African history. The soldiers who overthrew the government were members of native tribes and were hailed as liberators by the indigenous people who had been dominated and had suffered discrimination at the hands of Americo-Liberians throughout the nation's history. Some of them were even sold into slavery in Panama by the Americo-Liberian rulers in the 1930s, prompting an investigation of the labour scandal by the League of Nations. Others were forced to work on various projects within Liberia itself and became virtual slaves in their own country. Americo-Liberians saw the natives as inferior to them and treated them that way. The mistreatment of the members of native tribes by the Americo-Liberians was one of the main reasons native soldiers of the Liberian army decided to overthrow the government. The book also covers the Liberian civil war which destroyed the country in the 1990s and early 2000s, a conflict which also had historical roots. The conflict is attributed to the inequalities between Americo-Liberians and the indigenous people which existed throughout the nation's history. But its immediate cause was the brutalities Liberians suffered under the military rulers who overthrew the Americo-Liberian-dominated government. Another major subject covered in the book is the ethnic composition of Liberia. The work looks at all the ethnic groups in the country and their home regions - counties - as well as their cultures, providing a comprehensive picture of life in contemporary times in Africa's oldest republic. The national culture of Liberia in general is also another subject addressed in the book. The author has also addressed another very important subject: indigenous forms of writing invented by the members of different tribes or ethnic groups in Liberia. The indigenous scripts are a major contribution to civilisation and Liberia stands out among all the countries on the African continent as the country which has the largest number of these forms of writing. People going to Liberia for the first time, and anybody else who wants to learn about this African country, may find this work to be useful.
Author : Global Investment and Business Center, Inc. Staff
Publisher :
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 28,29 MB
Release : 1999-05-01
Category : Liberia
ISBN : 9780739714942
Author : Svend E. Holsoe
Publisher :
Page : 46 pages
File Size : 11,45 MB
Release : 1968
Category : Africa
ISBN :
Author : Stephen H. Gobewole
Publisher : Dog Ear Publishing
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 48,14 MB
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1457550067
Ever since it was founded for freed blacks in the early 1800s, Liberia has been a country of extremes, whether comparing wealth and poverty; the lifestyles of urban elites and rural tribal communities; or corrupt national government and familial trust. This book uses Liberia’s history as the background and ongoing source of the current political and social situations, as revealed by Afrobarometer data. The study considers the ethnicity, gender, and residential location of Liberian citizens and their attitudes regarding the country’s rule of law, state authority and democratic accountability – it’s government and economic health. After presenting the history and the current data, the author makes recommendations for changing the future of this African nation. If implemented, these changes could have a profound and positive effect on the future of this country that is rated as the third-poorest in the world.