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- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 4th edition
- Extent
- 1 online resource (lvii, 394 pages)
- Note
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- "Research completed December 1993."
- Rev. ed. of: Zaïre, a country study / Foreign Area Studies, The American University. 3rd ed. 1979
- ©2010 Cassidy Cataloguing Services, Inc
- Contents
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- Human origins
- Early historical perspectives. State systems versus segmentary societies ; Rulers and ruled ; External pressures
- The colonial state. The Léopoldian legacy ; Belgian paternalism: underlying postulates ; The apparatus of control ; Postwar reforms
- Nationalist awakenings. The rise of militant ethnicity: Abako ; The challenge of territorial nationalism: Lumumba and the MNC ; Settler politics in Katanga
- The crisis of decolonization. The road to independence ; The mutiny of the force publique ; The center no longer holds ; The secession of Katanga ; The UN intervention
- The first republic, 1960-65. The Adoula government, August 1961-July 1964 ; Rural insurgencies: the "second independence" ; Mobutu's second coming
- The second republic, 1965-90: the rebirth of bula matari. Mobutu, self-proclaimed father of the nation ; Toward political reconstruction ; The quest for legitimacy ; The expansion of state authority ; Zairianization, radicalization, and retrocession ; External threats to regime stability ; The durability of the patrimonial state
- Geography and environment. Rivers and lakes ; Geographic regions ; Climate ; Environmental trends
- Population. Size and growth ; Population distribution ; Urbanization: causes and characteristics
- Languages. Officially recognized languages ; Other indigenous languages
- Ethnic groups. Non-Bantu speakers of the northern Savannas and forest fringe ; Bantu speakers of the Congo River Basin and its environs ; Bantu speakers of the eastern forest and plain ; Bantu speakers of the eastern highlands ; Peoples of the Savannas: southeastern Zaire ; Peoples of the Savannas: Lunda region ; Peoples of the southern uplands: Kasai-Shaba ; Peoples of the lower Kasai and its tributaries ; Peoples between the Kwango and the Kasai ; The Kongo peoples ; The significance of ethnic identification
- Indigenous social systems
- Zairian social classes. The external estate ; The politico-commercial class ; The new commercial class ; Other high-status groups ; The subbourgeoisie ; The working class ; The informal sector ; Peasants
- Polarization and prospects for conflict
- Strategies of survival. Coping and hustling ; Theft and bribery ; Patron-client relations ; Resistance ; Flight
- The status of women
- Religion. The Roman Catholic Church ; Protestant churches ; The Kimbanguist church ; Other African Christian movements ; Traditional African religions
- Education. Policy changes ; Institutional problems
- Health and medical services. Incidence of disease ; Health care system ; Sanitation and nutrition ; Family planning
- Background and overview of the economy. Early economic activity ; From colonial times to independence ; Postindependence ; Zairianization ; Economic decline ; The 1983 reforms ; The 1987 plan ; The 1989 reform
- Role of government. Parastatals ; Patrimonial politics and corruption ; Investment projects
- Structure and dynamics of the economy. Gross domestic product ; The informal economy ; Currency ; Inflation ; Budget ; Debt ; Banking ; Labor
- Agriculture. National land law system ; Crops ; Forestry ; Fishing and livestock
- Mining. Copper and zinc ; Cobalt ; Manganese ; Tin and related materials ; Gold ; Diamonds
- Industry
- Energy. Petroleum and other fuels ; Electricity
- Transportation and telecommunications
- Foreign exchange relations. Trade and balance of payments ; Foreign aid ; Foreign investment
- Prospects for growth
- Postindependence political development. Establishment of a personalistic regime ; The part-state as a system of rule
- Political reform in the 1990s. Proclamation of the third republic ; Subsequent political developments, 1990-93
- Structure of government. The presidency ; The national executive council ; The legislature ; The judiciary and the courts ; Local government
- Political dynamics. Managing the military ; Opposition to the regime prior to 1990 ; Opposition since 1990 ; Interest groups ; The media --
- Label
- Zaire : a country study
- Title
- Zaire
- Title remainder
- a country study
- Statement of responsibility
- Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Sandra W. Meditz and Tim Merrill
- Title variation
- Country studies, Zaire
- Language
- eng
- Cataloging source
- NjRocCCS
- Government publication
- federal national government publication
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- DT644
- LC item number
- .Z3425 1994
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1950-
- 1949-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- Meditz, Sandra W.
- Merrill, Tim
- Library of Congress
- American University (Washington, D.C.)
- Series statement
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- Area handbook series,
- DA pam
- HeinOnline world constitutions illustrated
- Series volume
- 550-67
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
- Zaire
- Target audience
- specialized
- Label
- Zaire : a country study, Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Sandra W. Meditz and Tim Merrill
- Note
-
- "Research completed December 1993."
- Rev. ed. of: Zaïre, a country study / Foreign Area Studies, The American University. 3rd ed. 1979
- ©2010 Cassidy Cataloguing Services, Inc
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-363) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- rdacarrier
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- black and white
- Content category
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- Content type MARC source
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- Contents
- Human origins -- Early historical perspectives. State systems versus segmentary societies ; Rulers and ruled ; External pressures -- The colonial state. The Léopoldian legacy ; Belgian paternalism: underlying postulates ; The apparatus of control ; Postwar reforms -- Nationalist awakenings. The rise of militant ethnicity: Abako ; The challenge of territorial nationalism: Lumumba and the MNC ; Settler politics in Katanga -- The crisis of decolonization. The road to independence ; The mutiny of the force publique ; The center no longer holds ; The secession of Katanga ; The UN intervention -- The first republic, 1960-65. The Adoula government, August 1961-July 1964 ; Rural insurgencies: the "second independence" ; Mobutu's second coming -- The second republic, 1965-90: the rebirth of bula matari. Mobutu, self-proclaimed father of the nation ; Toward political reconstruction ; The quest for legitimacy ; The expansion of state authority ; Zairianization, radicalization, and retrocession ; External threats to regime stability ; The durability of the patrimonial state -- Geography and environment. Rivers and lakes ; Geographic regions ; Climate ; Environmental trends -- Population. Size and growth ; Population distribution ; Urbanization: causes and characteristics -- Languages. Officially recognized languages ; Other indigenous languages -- Ethnic groups. Non-Bantu speakers of the northern Savannas and forest fringe ; Bantu speakers of the Congo River Basin and its environs ; Bantu speakers of the eastern forest and plain ; Bantu speakers of the eastern highlands ; Peoples of the Savannas: southeastern Zaire ; Peoples of the Savannas: Lunda region ; Peoples of the southern uplands: Kasai-Shaba ; Peoples of the lower Kasai and its tributaries ; Peoples between the Kwango and the Kasai ; The Kongo peoples ; The significance of ethnic identification -- Indigenous social systems -- Zairian social classes. The external estate ; The politico-commercial class ; The new commercial class ; Other high-status groups ; The subbourgeoisie ; The working class ; The informal sector ; Peasants -- Polarization and prospects for conflict -- Strategies of survival. Coping and hustling ; Theft and bribery ; Patron-client relations ; Resistance ; Flight -- The status of women -- Religion. The Roman Catholic Church ; Protestant churches ; The Kimbanguist church ; Other African Christian movements ; Traditional African religions -- Education. Policy changes ; Institutional problems -- Health and medical services. Incidence of disease ; Health care system ; Sanitation and nutrition ; Family planning -- Background and overview of the economy. Early economic activity ; From colonial times to independence ; Postindependence ; Zairianization ; Economic decline ; The 1983 reforms ; The 1987 plan ; The 1989 reform -- Role of government. Parastatals ; Patrimonial politics and corruption ; Investment projects -- Structure and dynamics of the economy. Gross domestic product ; The informal economy ; Currency ; Inflation ; Budget ; Debt ; Banking ; Labor -- Agriculture. National land law system ; Crops ; Forestry ; Fishing and livestock -- Mining. Copper and zinc ; Cobalt ; Manganese ; Tin and related materials ; Gold ; Diamonds -- Industry -- Energy. Petroleum and other fuels ; Electricity -- Transportation and telecommunications -- Foreign exchange relations. Trade and balance of payments ; Foreign aid ; Foreign investment -- Prospects for growth -- Postindependence political development. Establishment of a personalistic regime ; The part-state as a system of rule -- Political reform in the 1990s. Proclamation of the third republic ; Subsequent political developments, 1990-93 -- Structure of government. The presidency ; The national executive council ; The legislature ; The judiciary and the courts ; Local government -- Political dynamics. Managing the military ; Opposition to the regime prior to 1990 ; Opposition since 1990 ; Interest groups ; The media --
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- Edition
- 4th edition
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- 1 online resource (lvii, 394 pages)
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- one file format
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- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Quality assurance targets
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- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- Zaire : a country study, Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Sandra W. Meditz and Tim Merrill
- Note
-
- "Research completed December 1993."
- Rev. ed. of: Zaïre, a country study / Foreign Area Studies, The American University. 3rd ed. 1979
- ©2010 Cassidy Cataloguing Services, Inc
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 343-363) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- black and white
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Human origins -- Early historical perspectives. State systems versus segmentary societies ; Rulers and ruled ; External pressures -- The colonial state. The Léopoldian legacy ; Belgian paternalism: underlying postulates ; The apparatus of control ; Postwar reforms -- Nationalist awakenings. The rise of militant ethnicity: Abako ; The challenge of territorial nationalism: Lumumba and the MNC ; Settler politics in Katanga -- The crisis of decolonization. The road to independence ; The mutiny of the force publique ; The center no longer holds ; The secession of Katanga ; The UN intervention -- The first republic, 1960-65. The Adoula government, August 1961-July 1964 ; Rural insurgencies: the "second independence" ; Mobutu's second coming -- The second republic, 1965-90: the rebirth of bula matari. Mobutu, self-proclaimed father of the nation ; Toward political reconstruction ; The quest for legitimacy ; The expansion of state authority ; Zairianization, radicalization, and retrocession ; External threats to regime stability ; The durability of the patrimonial state -- Geography and environment. Rivers and lakes ; Geographic regions ; Climate ; Environmental trends -- Population. Size and growth ; Population distribution ; Urbanization: causes and characteristics -- Languages. Officially recognized languages ; Other indigenous languages -- Ethnic groups. Non-Bantu speakers of the northern Savannas and forest fringe ; Bantu speakers of the Congo River Basin and its environs ; Bantu speakers of the eastern forest and plain ; Bantu speakers of the eastern highlands ; Peoples of the Savannas: southeastern Zaire ; Peoples of the Savannas: Lunda region ; Peoples of the southern uplands: Kasai-Shaba ; Peoples of the lower Kasai and its tributaries ; Peoples between the Kwango and the Kasai ; The Kongo peoples ; The significance of ethnic identification -- Indigenous social systems -- Zairian social classes. The external estate ; The politico-commercial class ; The new commercial class ; Other high-status groups ; The subbourgeoisie ; The working class ; The informal sector ; Peasants -- Polarization and prospects for conflict -- Strategies of survival. Coping and hustling ; Theft and bribery ; Patron-client relations ; Resistance ; Flight -- The status of women -- Religion. The Roman Catholic Church ; Protestant churches ; The Kimbanguist church ; Other African Christian movements ; Traditional African religions -- Education. Policy changes ; Institutional problems -- Health and medical services. Incidence of disease ; Health care system ; Sanitation and nutrition ; Family planning -- Background and overview of the economy. Early economic activity ; From colonial times to independence ; Postindependence ; Zairianization ; Economic decline ; The 1983 reforms ; The 1987 plan ; The 1989 reform -- Role of government. Parastatals ; Patrimonial politics and corruption ; Investment projects -- Structure and dynamics of the economy. Gross domestic product ; The informal economy ; Currency ; Inflation ; Budget ; Debt ; Banking ; Labor -- Agriculture. National land law system ; Crops ; Forestry ; Fishing and livestock -- Mining. Copper and zinc ; Cobalt ; Manganese ; Tin and related materials ; Gold ; Diamonds -- Industry -- Energy. Petroleum and other fuels ; Electricity -- Transportation and telecommunications -- Foreign exchange relations. Trade and balance of payments ; Foreign aid ; Foreign investment -- Prospects for growth -- Postindependence political development. Establishment of a personalistic regime ; The part-state as a system of rule -- Political reform in the 1990s. Proclamation of the third republic ; Subsequent political developments, 1990-93 -- Structure of government. The presidency ; The national executive council ; The legislature ; The judiciary and the courts ; Local government -- Political dynamics. Managing the military ; Opposition to the regime prior to 1990 ; Opposition since 1990 ; Interest groups ; The media --
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- 4th edition
- Extent
- 1 online resource (lvii, 394 pages)
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- Quality assurance targets
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- Reformatting quality
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- Specific material designation
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