Historical Dictionary of Botswana.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ramsay, Jeff.

Series:

Historical Dictionaries of Africa Series

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (548 pages)

Edition:

6th ed.

Place of Publication:

New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2026.

Summary:

This book is an excellent resource for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Botswana.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Series Page

Contents

Preface

Reader's Note

Acronyms and Abbreviations

Maps

Chronology

Introduction

Land and People

History

Independence (30 September 1966)

National Politics

Political, Social, and Economic Development

Botswana's New Cabinet

A

Ministries

Administrative Districts

B

C

D

E

National Development Plans

F

G

H

High Commissioner and Governor of Cape Colony (Cape Town)

High Commissioner (Separate from the Office of the Governor) (Johannesburg)

High Commissioner and Governor General of the Union of South Africa (Cape Town, Pretoria)

High Commissioner (to South Africa and for the High Commission Territories) (Cape Town, Pretoria)

High Commissioner and Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa (Pretoria)

I

J

K

L

M

N

O

P

Parks

Reserves (Government-owned)

Sanctuaries

R

Deputy Commissioner for the Protectorate (and Administrator of British Bechuanaland)

Resident Commissioner, Bechuanaland Protectorate

The Queen's Commissioner for the Bechuanaland Protectorate

S

T

Urban Districts

Rural Settlements (10,000 or More)

U

V

W

X

Y

Z

Appendix A

Appendix B

Appendix C

Official Languages: Tswana, English

First Languages:

Glossary

Bibliography

Section I. Bibliographies

Section II. General Works and Collections

II.A Collections, Interdisciplinary Studies

II.B Descriptions, Guides, and Maps

II.C Government Statistics and Surveys

Section III. Specialized, Disciplinary Studies

III.A.1 Anthropology, Ethnology, and Sociology

III.A.1a Bushman, or BaSarwa (or San), Studies

III.A.1b Other Studies

III.A.2 Art, Crafts, Music, and Theater

III.A.3 Communications, Press, and Publications

III.A.4 Dictionaries, Language, and Linguistics.

III.A.5 Literature and Folklore

III.A.6 Demography, Migration, Population, Settlement, Urbanization

III.A.7 Education

III.A.8 Women and Gender

III.A.9 Religion

III.B Economics

III.B.1 General

III.B.2 Agriculture, Veterinary

III.B.3 Commerce, Industry, and Tourism

III.B.4 Development

IIIB.5 External Relations

III.B.6 Finance, Banking

III.B.7 Labor, Unions, Employment

III.B.8 Land

III.B.9 Mining

III.C History

III.C.1 Archaeology, Rock Art

III.C.2 Primary Sources

III.C.3 Secondary Sources

III.C.4 Heritage and Museums

III.D Political Science

III.D.1 General

III.D.2 Administration and Government

III.D.3 Constitutional Development, Law

III.D.4 Elections, Political Parties

III.D.5 External Relations

III.E Sciences

III.E.1 Climate, Environment

III.E.2 Diet, Medicine, and Health

III.E.3 Geography, Geology

III.E.4 Land and Water Resources

III.E.5 Vegetation

III.E.6 Wildlife

III.E.7 General

Section IV. Websites

IV.A. Academic resources

IV.B. General sites

IV.C. Government, private sites in Botswana

IV.D. Media in Botswana

IV.E. External sites, statistics, data

About the Authors.

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Other Format:

Print version: Ramsay, Jeff Historical Dictionary of Botswana

ISBN:

9798216463122

OCLC:

1597384530