Description: Further DetailsTitle: A Political History of the Gambia, 1816-1994Condition: NewISBN-10: 1580461263EAN: 9781580461269ISBN: 9781580461269Publisher: University of Rochester PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/01/2008Description: The only complete study of modern Gambian politics from the establishment of British rule to the overthrow of the Jawara government.A Political History of the Gambia: 1816-1994 is the first complete account of the political history of the former British West African dependency to be written. It makes use of much hitherto unconsulted or unavailable British and Gambian official and private documentary sources, as well as interviews with many Gambian politicians and former British colonial officials. The first part of the book charts the origins and characteristics of modern politics in colonial Bathurst (Banjul) and its expansion into the Gambian interior (Protectorate) in the two decades after World War II. By independence in 1965, older urban-based parties in the capital had been defeated bya new, rural-based political organisation, the People's Progressive Party (PPP). The second part of the book analyzes the means by which the PPP, under President Sir Dawda Jawara, succeeded in defeating both existing and new rival political parties and an attempted coup in 1981. The book closes with an explanation of the demise of the PPP at the hands of an army coup in 1994. The book not only establishes those distinctive aspects ofGambian political history, but also relates these to the wider regional and African context, during the colonial and independence periods.Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Arnold Hughes, David PerfectGenre: Law & PoliticsBook Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the DiasporaItem Weight: 1gTopic: HistoryRelease Year: 2008 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: A Political History of the Gambia, 1816-1994
Title: A Political History of the Gambia, 1816-1994
ISBN-10: 1580461263
EAN: 9781580461269
ISBN: 9781580461269
Release Date: 07/01/2008
Release Year: 2008
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Genre: Law & Politics
Topic: History
Number of Pages: 549 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Political History of the Gambia, 1816-1994
Publisher: University of Rochester Medical Press
Subject: Africa / West, World / African, Colonialism & Post-Colonialism
Publication Year: 2008
Item Height: 1.1 in
Item Weight: 27.1 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: Arnold Hughes, David Perfect
Item Length: 9 in
Subject Area: Political Science, History
Series: Rochester Studies in African History and the Diaspora Ser.
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
