Somalia : a country study / Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Helen Chapin Metz.

Format:

Book

Government document

Contributor:

Metz, Helen Chapin, 1928-2011.

Library of Congress. Federal Research Division.

Series:

Area handbook series

DA pam ; 550-86.

Area handbook series, 1057-5294

DA pam ; 550-86

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Somalia.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvii, 282 pages) : illustrations, maps.

Edition:

Fourth edition.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : The Division : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O., 1993.

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

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Contents:

The Somalis: their origins, migrations, and settlement. Coastal towns ; Emergence of Adal ; Mogadishu and its Banaadir Hinterlands ; The Somali Peninsula on the eve of imperial partition ; The Majeerteen Sultanates

Imperial partition. Mahammad Abdille Hasan's dervish resistance to colonial occupation ; Consolidation of colonial rule ; Somalia during World War II ; British military administration ; Trusteeship and protectorate: the road to independence

From independence to revolution. Problems of national integration ; Pan-Somalism ; Foreign relations, 1960-69 ; The Husseen government ; Coup d'etat

The revolutionary regime. Supreme revolutionary council ; Challenges to the regime ; Siad Barre and scientific socialism ; The language and literacy issue ; Creation of the Somali revolutionary socialist party

Somalia's difficult decade, 1980-90. Entrenching Siad Barre's personal rule ; Siad Barre's repressive measures ; Persecution of the Majeerteen ; Oppression of the Isaaq ; Harrying of the Hawiye

Physical setting. Climate ; Terrain, vegetation, and drainage

Population and settlement patterns

The segmentary social order. Samaal ; Digil and Rahanwayn ; Riverine and coastal people and non-Somali origin ; Specialized occupational groups ; Social change

Lineage segmentation and the Somali civil war

Religious life. The tenets of Islam ; Religious roles in Somali Islam ; Religious orders and the cult of the saints ; Folk Islam and indigenous ritual ; Islam in the colonial era and after ; Rising Islamism

Language and education

Health

Refugees

Breakdown of the infrastructure

Pastoralism and commerce in historical perspective

The colonial economy

Economic development, 1960-69

Scientific socialism, 1970-75

The socialist revolution after 1975

From scientific socialism to "IMF-ism," 1981-90

Natural resources and economic infrastructure. Land ; Energy ; transportation ; Communications

The "real" Somali economy in the 1980s. Export of labor ; Export of livestock ; Rural subsistence sector ; Urban subsistence and government employment ; Undeveloped sectors ; Foreign trade

Government structure. Constitution ; Legislature ; Local government ; Legal system ; Courts

Political dynamics. Opposition movements ; Politics of reconciliation ; Politics of succession ; Political disintegration

Mass media

Foreign relations. Relations with neighboring African states ; Relations with Arab countries ; Relations with the United States ; Other foreign relations

International security concerns. Irredentism and the changing balance of power ; The Ogaden War: performance and implications of defeat ; Postwar status of the armed forces

Internal security concerns. Government security policy ; Sources of opposition

History and development of the armed forces. The warrior tradition and development of the modern army ; The armed forces in national life ; Mission, organization, and strength ; Manpower, training, and conditions of service

Foreign military assistance ; State security services. Somali police force ; People's militia ; National security service

Criminal justice. Penal system ; Prison system

Human rights.

Notes:

"Research completed May 1992."

Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index.

Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Somalia.

OCLC:

622546604

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