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States and power in Africa : comparative lessons in authority and control

Title
States and power in Africa : comparative lessons in authority and control / Jeffrey Herbst.
Author
Herbst, Jeffrey Ira
Publication
  • Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2014.
  • ©2000

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Description
xxx, 280 pages : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Princeton studies in international history and politics
Uniform Title
Princeton studies in international history and politics.
Subjects
Note
  • Originally published: ©2000. With new preface and revised chapter nine by the author.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
The challenge of state-building in Africa -- Power and space in precolonial Africa -- The Europeans and the African problem -- The political kingdom in independent Africa -- National design and the broadcasting of power -- Chiefs, states, and the land -- The coin of the African realm -- The politics of migration and citizenship -- The past and the future of state power in Africa, revised for the new paperback edition.
Call Number
Sc E 15-814
ISBN
  • 0691164142 (paperback)
  • 9780691164144 (paperback)
  • 0691164134
  • 9780691164137
OCLC
877364829
Author
Herbst, Jeffrey Ira, author.
Title
States and power in Africa : comparative lessons in authority and control / Jeffrey Herbst.
Publisher
Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2014.
Copyright Date
©2000
Edition
New edition, New paperback edition.
Type of Content
text
still image
cartographic image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Princeton studies in international history and politics
Princeton studies in international history and politics.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Research Call Number
Sc E 15-814
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