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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Halaman 100
... majority of the repatriates were manumitted slaves and recaptured Africans.7 By 1843 , less than one - third of the population of the colony of Liberia had been born in the colony . This included only one of the 652 heads of household ...
... majority of the repatriates were manumitted slaves and recaptured Africans.7 By 1843 , less than one - third of the population of the colony of Liberia had been born in the colony . This included only one of the 652 heads of household ...
Halaman 101
... majority of the settlers were semiskilled and unskilled . Among the semiskilled were a few carpenters , seamstresses , and traders . About a quarter were literate or semiliterate . The profes- sionals included one schoolteacher . There ...
... majority of the settlers were semiskilled and unskilled . Among the semiskilled were a few carpenters , seamstresses , and traders . About a quarter were literate or semiliterate . The profes- sionals included one schoolteacher . There ...
Halaman 187
... majority , their numbers were replenished ( Akpan 1968 ) . In some instances the apprenticeship system became nothing more than an exchange of labor for board and lodging . " Education was frequently neglected , not only because ...
... majority , their numbers were replenished ( Akpan 1968 ) . In some instances the apprenticeship system became nothing more than an exchange of labor for board and lodging . " Education was frequently neglected , not only because ...
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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