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A Short history of modern Angola

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A Short history of modern Angola

Call No. (NDL)
GF256-B4
Bibliographic ID of National Diet Library
026845102
Material type
図書
Author
David Birmingham.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
[2015]
Material Format
Paper
Capacity, size, etc.
xv, 159 pages ; 23 cm
NDC
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Material Type
図書
ISBN
0190271302 (cloth)
9780190271305 (cloth)
Author/Editor
David Birmingham.
Publication Date
[2015]
Publication Date (W3CDTF)
2015
Extent
xv, 159 pages
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Size
23 cm
Place of Publication (Country Code)
GB
Text Language Code
eng
Genre/Form Terms
Content Type
text
Media Type
unmediated
Carrier Type
volume
NDLC
Target Audience
一般
Note (Content)
David Birmingham begins this short history of Angola in 1820 with the Portuguese attempt to create a third, African, empire after the virtual loss of Asia and America. In the 19th century the most valuable resource extracted from Angola was agricultural labour. The colony was managed by a few marine officers, white political convicts and black Angolans who had adopted Portuguese language and culture. The hub was the harbour city of Luanda which grew to be a dynamic metropolis of several million people. The export of labour was gradually replaced when an agrarian revolution enabled white Portuguese immigrants to drive black Angolan labourers to produce sugar-cane, cotton, maize and above all coffee. During the 20th century this wealth was supplemented by Congo copper, by gem-quality diamonds, and by off-shore oil. The generation of warfare finally ended in 2002 when national reconstruction could begin on Portuguese colonial foundations.
Note (Bibliography)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Call No.
GF256-B4
Data Provider (Database)
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Bibliographic ID (NDL)
026845102
Cataloging Rule
RDA
Bibliographic Record Category (NDL)
211