Screen LibraryHistorical dictionary of the Democratic Republic of the Congo /
"Examines the country's 55 years of independence, more than eight decades of colonial rule, and earlier kingdoms that controlled the Congolese territory. The updated edition highlights new developments and the increasing importance of the DRC in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, as well as...
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Rowman & Littlefield,
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| Publisher Address: | Lanham : |
| Publication Dates: | [2016] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Fourth edition. |
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Historical dictionaries of Africa
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| Summary: |
"Examines the country's 55 years of independence, more than eight decades of colonial rule, and earlier kingdoms that controlled the Congolese territory. The updated edition highlights new developments and the increasing importance of the DRC in the Great Lakes Region of Africa, as well as its important international role. This fourth edition contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, an extensive bibliography, and a dictionary section with more than 700 cross-referenced entries on important personalities as well as political, economic, foreign-relation, religious, and cultural issues."--Page 4 of cover. |
| Item Description: | Editor's foreword / Jon Woronoff -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Reader's note -- Guide to name changes -- Acronyms and abbreviations -- Maps -- Chronology -- Introduction -- The dictionary -- Appendix A: Evolution of provinces in Congo organized by fundamental laws (1960) -- Appendix B: Rulers of Congo, 1885-1960 -- Appendix C: Rulers of Congo, 1960-2015. |
| Carrier Form: | l, 719 pages : illustrations, map, forms ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 645-717). |
| ISBN: |
9781442273153 (hardcover : alkaline paper) : 1442273151 (hardcover : alkaline paper) 9781442273160 (electronic) 144227316X (electronic) |
| Index Number: | DT650 |
| CLC: | K463-61 |
| Call Number: | K463-61/K614/4th ed. |