Historical dictionary of Lesotho / Scott Rosenberg and Richard F. Weisfelder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosenberg, Scott, 1967-

Contributor:

Weisfelder, Richard Frederick.

Series:

Historical dictionaries of Africa.

Historical dictionaries of Africa

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Lesotho--History--Dictionaries.

Lesotho.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (655 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Lesotho covers the full scope of Lesotho's ancient, colonial, and independence eras. It gives greater emphasis to the more recent period and brings the book fully up-to-date. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on civil society, key events, leaders, governmental, international, religious, and other private organizations, policies, political movements and pa

Contents:

Contents; Editor's Foreword; Preface; Reader's Note; Acronyms and Abbreviations; Maps; Chronology; Introduction; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Appendix; Bibliography; About the Authors

Notes:

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"This second edition ... covers the full scope of Lesotho's ancient, colonial, and independence eras. It gives greater emphasis to the more recent period and brings the book fully up-to-date"--Publisher.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-8108-7982-4