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050 00 $aDT631.5$b.S29 1992
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100 1 $aSawyer, Amos,$eauthor.
245 14 $aThe emergence of autocracy in Liberia :$btragedy and challenge /$cAmos Sawyer.
264 1 $aSan Francisco, California :$bInstitute for Contemporary Studies,$c1992.
300 $axvii, 418 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
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504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 379-395) and indexes.
520 1 $a"Liberia is a West African country whose history is intricately tied to America's past and Africa's future. Unique in its origins as a colony for resettling free blacks from the United States, the nation nevertheless experienced a progressive centralization of state power closely resembling the typical postcolonial political order in Africa."--BOOK JACKET. "Amos Sawyer is himself a part of Liberian history. As president, and before that as a political scientist and a citizen active in academic and civic affairs in his country, he has seen events there from an extraordinary perspective. In this deeply engrossing book, he describes how autocratic control emerged from a tradition of patrimonial authority, with the prerogatives of governance persistently centralized and concentrated in the hands of successive presidents. This pattern of autocracy, which was not in itself despotic, culminated in the military dictatorship of Samuel K. Doe. Ultimately, the country threw off tyranny only through cruel civil conflict."--BOOK JACKET. "What happened to the idea of Liberia, when settler society encountered indigenous West African cultures and, abroad, faced unsteady support of its national autonomy from the United States and the European powers? Dr. Sawyer traces the evolution of the Liberian social order from the time of colonization in the early nineteenth century. He recounts the struggles of successive generations of Liberians to form a republic and establish trade, to incorporate indigenous groups into the new nation, and to stand up to the threat of foreign domination--the last often appearing as economic exploitation by private concerns."--BOOK JACKET. "The Emergence of Autocracy in Liberia 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--overbearing, restrictive, and predatory. The book concludes by exploring the future of self-governance in Liberia and all of postcolonial Africa. The authenticity of Dr. Sawyer's experience and the clarity and validity of his thought make this book indispensable for anyone concerned about the fate of freedom in Africa--and the world."--Jacket.
505 0 $tForeword /$rRobert B. Hawkins, Jr. --$tAcknowledgments --$tMaps --$g1$tSocial Order and Constitutional Choice$g(starting p. 1) --$g2$tThe Idea of Liberia$g(starting p. 13) --$g3$tIndigenous West African Social Orders$g(starting p. 43) --$g4$tConstituting Settler Society and Establishing a "Sphere of Influence"$g(starting p. 71) --$g5$tSettler Society in the Nineteenth Century$g(starting p. 97) --$g6$tExpanding Control amid Imperial Challenges$g(starting p. 125) --$g7$tPolitical Proprietorship and Economic Decline$g(starting p. 151) --$g8$tStrategies for Assimilation and Incorporation$g(starting p. 185) --$g9$tDomestic Servitude and the Political Economy of Labor$g(starting p. 211) --$g10$tProperty Rights and Concessions in Modern Liberia$g(starting p. 237) --$g11$tThe Emergence of Autocracy$g(starting p. 263) --$g12$tThe Continuing Challenge$g(starting p. 301) --$tAppendix: Chronicle of Leadership and Events$g(starting p. 315) --$tNotes$g(starting p. 319) --$tBibliography$g(starting p. 379) --$tAbout the Author$g(starting p. 397) --$tName Index$g(starting p. 399) --$tSubject Index$g(starting p. 405)
651 0 $aLiberia$xPolitics and government.
651 4 $aLiberia$xPolitics and government.
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653 0 $aLiberia$aPolitics and government
776 08 $iOnline version:$aSawyer, Amos.$tEmergence of autocracy in Liberia.$dSan Francisco, Calif. : Institute for Contemporary Studies, 1992$w(OCoLC)556373028
856 4 $uhttp://www.gbv.de/dms/bowker/toc/9781558151642.pdf
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