Historical Dictionary of Liberia: 2nd ed.
Series: African Historical Dictionaries #83
D. Elwood Dunn ,
Amos J.
Beyan , and
Carl Patrick Burrowes
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Scarecrow Press |
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$75.00 |
Cloth
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0-8108-3876-1 |
January 2001 |
472pp | |
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.
About The
Authors
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.
