Research Catalog

Title

Political identity and conflict in central Angola, 1975-2002 / Justin Pearce.

Author

Pearce, Justin

Publication

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

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• Contributor biographical information
• Publisher description

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Description

xiv, 184 pages; 24 cm

Summary

This book examines the internal politics of the war that divided Angola for more than a quarter-century after its independence. It emphasises the Angolan people's relationship to the rival political forces that prevented the development of a united nation, an aspect of the conflict that has received little attention in earlier studies. Drawing upon interviews with farmers, town dwellers, soldiers and politicians in Central Angola, Justin Pearce examines the ideologies about nation and state that elites deployed in pursuit of hegemony and traces how people responded to these attempts at politicisation. The book not only demonstrates the potency of the rival conceptions of state and nation in shaping perceptions of self-interest and determining political loyalty, but also shows the ways in which allegiances could and did change for much of the Angolan population in response to the experience of military force.

Series Statement

African studies series

Uniform Title

African studies series.

Subject

• União Nacional para a Independência Total de Angola
• Civil War (Angola : 1975-2002)
• Since 1975
• Political participation > Angola
• Political participation
• Politics and government
• Angola > History > Civil War, 1975-2002
• Angola > Politics and government > 1975-
• Angola > History > Autonomy and independence movements
• Angola

Genre/Form

History.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Anti-colonial mobilisation and the Portuguese exodus -- UNITA 1975-1976 : from the cities to the "Long March" -- The MPLA and urban state making -- Migration, relocation and Identity -- UNITA in the Central Highlands 1976-1991 -- UNITA at Jamba -- The war of the cities -- UNITA's last redoubts -- The Luena agreement and politics today.

Call Number

Sc E 16-652

ISBN

• 1107079640
• 9781107079649

LCCN

2015002804

OCLC

900960382

Author

Pearce, Justin, author.

Title

Political identity and conflict in central Angola, 1975-2002 / Justin Pearce.

Publisher

New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

African studies series

African studies series.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

Chronological Term

Since 1975

Research Call Number

Sc E 16-652