Angola
Subtitle: The Weight of History (Columbia/Hurst)
Contributors: Patrick Chabal (Editor); Nuno Vidal (Editor)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: November 16, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780231700153
Subjects: Angola - History; Contemporary Politics - Africa; History; History - General History; History: World; Africa - Central; General; Government - International; History / General; Africa - South - General; Angola; Economic Conditions; Politics and government
Description: "Patrick Chabal and Nuno Vidal's Angola is a thorough introduction to the history and present-day reality of one of Africa's most complex countries. Contributors, who are all leading scholars in the field, offer incisive and original analyses of Angola's colonial history, its economic, political, and social evolution since independence, its current structural issues, and its prospects for the future. Essays begin with a probing look at Angola's difficult past and then discuss its move away from hegemonic domination towards a multiparty political system and a civil society."--Jacket.