TY  - BOOK
AB  - "Sierra Leone's current predicament can best be understood within a continuum spanning its precolonial to its more contemporary history. This study traces the contradictions of the historical legacy and the excesses of the independent nation-state to unravel the sequences of dependency that culminated almost inevitably in political instability unprecedented socio-economic decline, and civil war.
AB  - The authors draw on a rich texture of historical and political insights reflecting established knowledge, while also plumbing contemporary orature to present a truly holistic perspective of this soft state. Students, scholars, or general readers interested in the dilemmas of developing states will find this essential reading."--BOOK JACKET.
AU  - Conteh-Morgan, Earl,
AU  - Dixon-Fyle, Mac,
CN  - DT516.8
CN  - DT516.8
CY  - New York :
DA  - c1999.
ID  - 349415
N2  - "Sierra Leone's current predicament can best be understood within a continuum spanning its precolonial to its more contemporary history. This study traces the contradictions of the historical legacy and the excesses of the independent nation-state to unravel the sequences of dependency that culminated almost inevitably in political instability unprecedented socio-economic decline, and civil war.
N2  - The authors draw on a rich texture of historical and political insights reflecting established knowledge, while also plumbing contemporary orature to present a truly holistic perspective of this soft state. Students, scholars, or general readers interested in the dilemmas of developing states will find this essential reading."--BOOK JACKET.
PB  - P. Lang,
PP  - New York :
PY  - c1999.
SN  - 9780820441726 (pbk. : alk. paper)
SN  - 0820441724 (pbk. : alk. paper)
T1  - Sierra Leone at the end of the twentieth century :history, politics, and society /
TI  - Sierra Leone at the end of the twentieth century :history, politics, and society /
ER  -