Historical Dictionary of the People's Republic of the Congo
Author: Virginia Thompson
Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13:
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Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo
Author: John F. Clark
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2012-08-09
Total Pages: 571
ISBN-13: 0810879891
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe fourth edition of the Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo provides a comprehensive set of references on the country’s history, politics, economics, and culture. It traces the careers of the country’s leading personalities into the era following the democratic experiment of the 1990s. It updates the country’s social, economic, and political evolution through the first decade of the 21st century. Clark and Decalo provide a snapshot of the Republic of the Congo through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, an extensive bibliography, and the dictionary section of over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, leading political figures, institutions, economic enterprises, ethnic communities, and cultural features.It provides information on many aspects of Congolese society, culture, and society not available on any web-based source or in any other publication. It is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Republic of the Congo.
Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Author: Emizet Francois Kisangani
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-11-18
Total Pages: 771
ISBN-13: 144227316X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book looks at 55 years of independence, over eight decades of colonial rule, and earlier kingdoms and groups that shared the Congolese territory. This fourth edition highlights new developments and the increasing importance of the DRC in the Great Lakes Region and Africa, in particular, as well as its important role in the international environment.. This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Author: Emizet Francois Kisangani
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2009-10-01
Total Pages: 718
ISBN-13: 0810863251
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe third edition of the Historical Dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo looks back at the nearly 48 years of independence, over a century of colonial rule, and even earlier kingdoms and groups that shared the territory. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and over 800 cross-referenced dictionary entries on civil wars, mutinies, notable people, places, events, and cultural practices.
Historical Dictionary of Marxism
Author: Elliott Johnson
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2014-09-09
Total Pages: 609
ISBN-13: 1442237988
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe second edition of the Historical Dictionary of Marxism covers of the basics of Karl Marx’s thought, the philosophical contributions of later Marxist theorists, and the extensive real-world political organizations and structures his work inspired—that is, the myriad political parties, organizations, countries, and leaders who subscribed to Marxism as a creed. This text includes a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 500 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, both thinkers and doers; political parties and movements; and major communist or ex-communist countries. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Marxism.
Historical Dictionary of Republic of the Congo
Author: John Frank Clark
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Published: 2012
Total Pages: 571
ISBN-13: 0810849194
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPreviously published as: Historical dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo / by Emizet Franocois Kisangani and F. Scott Bobb. 2010.
Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement
Author: John Grasso
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2015-05-14
Total Pages: 907
ISBN-13: 1442248602
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Olympic Movement began with the Ancient Olympic Games, which were held in Greece on the Peloponnesus peninsula at Olympia, Greece. It is not clear why the Greeks instituted this quadrennial celebration in the form of an athletic festival. The recorded history of the Ancient Olympic Games begins in 776 B.C., although it is suspected that the Games had been held for several centuries by that time. The Games were conducted as religious celebrations in honor of the god Zeus, and it is known that Olympia was a shrine to Zeus from about 1000 B.C. In modern time The Olympic Movement attempts to bring all the nations of the world together in a series of multisport festivals, the Olympic Games, seeking to use sport as a means to promote internationalism and peace. This fifth edition of Historical Dictionary of The Olympic Movement covers its history through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1000 cross-referenced entries on the history, philosophy, and politics of the Olympics, major organizations, the various sports, the participating countries, and especially the athletes. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about The Olympic Movement.
Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic
Author: Richard Bradshaw
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2016-05-27
Total Pages: 817
ISBN-13: 0810879921
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Central African Republic (CAR) came into existence on 1 December 1958 as a semi-autonomous member state of the Communauté (French Community), meaning that France still controlled its currency, defense, foreign affairs and national security. The history of the CAR can be interpreted in radically different ways. One the one hand the people of Central Africa have suffered enormously at the hands of slave traders, concessionary companies, French colonialists and African rulers, and their country remains largely ‘undeveloped.’ On the other most Central Africans have retained free use of land on which they grow crops and from which they extract numerous valuable resources. Their way of life is in the long run perhaps more sustainable than those of the ‘experts’ who come to assist them. The theme of essential continuity in the history of the CAR is as important, if not more important in the long run, than the themes of violent change, exploitation, and enduring dependence. Deep roots of continuity provide a surprising stability in the face of dramatic and often very painful change on the surface. The Historical Dictionary of the Central African Republic contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 1200 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about the Central African Republic.
Military Marxist Regimes in Africa
Author: John Markakis
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-07-23
Total Pages: 184
ISBN-13: 1135176612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst published in 1986. This is a collection of editorial and articles covering military Marxist regimes in the African locations of the Horn of Africa, Benin, the People's Republic of Congo, Madagascar, and Burkina Faso.
Encyclopedia of African History 3-Volume Set
Author: Kevin Shillington
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2013-07-04
Total Pages: 1112
ISBN-13: 1135456690
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovering the entire continent from Morocco, Libya, and Egypt in the north to the Cape of Good Hope in the south, and the surrounding islands from Cape Verde in the west to Madagascar, Mauritius, and Seychelles in the east, the Encyclopedia of African History is a new A-Z reference resource on the history of the entire African continent. With entries ranging from the earliest evolution of human beings in Africa to the beginning of the twenty-first century, this comprehensive three volume Encyclopedia is the first reference of this scale and scope. Also includes 99 maps.
