| Historical Dictionary of Botswana Revised Edition Contributor(s): Morton, Fred (Author), Morton, Barry (Joint Author), Ramsay, Jeff (Joint Author) |
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ISBN: 0810831430 ISBN-13: 9780810831438 Publisher: Scarecrow Press OUR PRICE: $76.00 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1996 Annotation: Written by three scholars with close ties to the country, the dictionary offers concise descriptive entries for Botswana's significant personalities, places, events, and institutions as well as its economy, society, ethnic groups, government, and culture. Reviews of the Previous Edition: ...indispensable for almost all libraries. --ARBA The term reference work does not do justice to a book so engaging as this...a teaching tool as well as a reference tool...indispensable. --AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY ...immediately enters the canon of the dozen or so essential works of reference on Botswana. --JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORY |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Africa - South - Republic Of South Africa - Social Science | Reference |
| Dewey: 968.830 |
| LCCN: 96005457 |
| Series: African Historical Dictionaries |
| Physical Information: 0.95" H x 5.48" W x 8.72" (1.20 lbs) 320 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Botswana is a poor, arid, landlocked country in southern Africa. Although its prospects appeared bleak at its independence in 1966 because of colonial neglect and the unfriendly white regimes surrounding it, Botswana has remained at peace. This historical dictionary offers detailed chronologies, chomprehensive bibliographies and information about geography, history, economy, and culture of Botswana. |