Postcolonial State in Africa: Fifty Years of Independence, 1960-2010

by Crawford Young

Book Overview

In The Postcolonial State in Africa, Crawford Young offers an informed and authoritative comparative overview of fifty years of African independence, drawing on his decades of research and first-hand experience on the African continent.
Young identifies three cycles of hope and disappointment common to many of the African states (including those in North Africa) over the last half-century: initial euphoria at independence in the 1960s...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0299291448
• ISBN13: 9780299291440
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.9" x 8.9"