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Sierra Leone : a political history / David Harris.
- Title
- Sierra Leone : a political history / David Harris.
- Author
- Harris, David (David John), 1963-
- Publication
- London, U.K. : Hurst & Co., 2013.
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- Description
- vii, 232 pages : map; 22 cm
- Summary
- A new political history of the former British colony in West Africa. It examines 225 years of history and 50 years of independence, placing state-society relations at the centre of a revealing investigation of those who have tried to rule or change Sierra Leone and its inhabitants, and the responses engendered.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-215) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction -- 2. The Rise and Wane of Krio Dominance, 1787-1951 -- 3. Key Players in a Deceptively Quiet Decolonisation, 1951-1961 -- 4. Immediate and Severe Challenges: Democracy and Coups, 1961-1968 -- 5. The Choices of Siaka Stevens: Violence, Patronage and the One-Party State, 1968-1991 -- 6. Civil War and the Incendiary Debates Over its Provenance, 1991-1996 -- 7. The Escalation and Ending of the Civil War, 1996-2002 -- 8. The Post-Conflict Dispensation: Plus ca change? 2002-2007 -- 9. Political Shifts in Sierra Leone: Elections, Liberal Reform, Society and the New Mutlipolar World, 2007-2012 -- 10. Conclusion.
- ISBN
- 184904323X
- 9781849043236
- OCLC
- 838415760
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library