The Emergence of Autocracy in Liberia: Tragedy and ChallengeInstitute for Contemporary Studies, 1992 - 418 halaman The book illuminates the political process that over the course of six generations brought about the personalization of authority in Liberia; and it links that system of personal rule to the highly centralized structures of the postcolonial state. The book concludes by exploring the future of self-govenance in Liberia and all of postcolonial Africa. The author became president of the Republic of Liberia after the civil war 1989-90. |
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... England and Africa ; his colleague was Ebenezer Burgess , a Connecticut man who was a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Burlington College , Vermont . Although officials of the British colonial establishment in London ...
... England and Africa ; his colleague was Ebenezer Burgess , a Connecticut man who was a professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at Burlington College , Vermont . Although officials of the British colonial establishment in London ...
Halaman 158
... England , Holland , and the United States were the major recipients of Liberian produce . Of the 333,506 gallons of palm oil exported from Monrovia in 1864 , 52 percent went to Hamburg and about 20 percent to England , mainly Liverpool ...
... England , Holland , and the United States were the major recipients of Liberian produce . Of the 333,506 gallons of palm oil exported from Monrovia in 1864 , 52 percent went to Hamburg and about 20 percent to England , mainly Liverpool ...
Halaman 166
... England , where the Roye government was negotiating a loan with British financiers . Roye had initiated the negotiation in 1870 when he visited London to discuss the boundary question . The Liberian govern- ment had proposed to obtain a ...
... England , where the Roye government was negotiating a loan with British financiers . Roye had initiated the negotiation in 1870 when he visited London to discuss the boundary question . The Liberian govern- ment had proposed to obtain a ...
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Social Order and Constitutional Choice | 1 |
The Idea of Liberia | 13 |
Indigenous West African Social Orders | 43 |
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activities administration African agent agreements agriculture American arrangements associated authority became become British called Chapter chiefs civilized coast coastal colonial communities Company concessions constituted continued contract discussed dominated early economic efforts elections emerged established European example exercise export Firestone forces foreign free blacks Grebo important included increased independence indigenous individuals institutions interest interior involved issues labor land largely later leaders legislature Liberian government loan major ment merchants military Monrovia nature nineteenth century officials operated opportunities organized party perceived percent period plantations political position powers president problem production property rights question recruitment region relations relationships reported result Roberts rubber rule schools served settlements settler settler society slave social society structure term territory tion towns trade Tubman United University workers