04254cam a2200601 a 4500 ocm36520920 OCoLC 20241114115204.0 970226s1997 couab b 001 0 eng 97001284 GB9832241 bnb GB98-32241 012666213 Uk 0813384893 (alk. paper) 9780813384894 (alk. paper) 0813333350 (pbk. ; alk. paper) 9780813333359 (pbk. ; alk. paper) AU@ 000013106025 GEBAY 2889167 HEBIS 05858370X NLGGC 161497047 NZ1 4918846 YDXCP 1332259 YDXCP 1332260 UKMGB 012666213 (OCoLC)36520920 (OCoLC)1027253966 (OCoLC)1037128325 (OCoLC)1120823426 (OCoLC)1166940038 (OCoLC)1416565906 (OCoLC)1421245930 eng GAFCSC LIBRARY f-ao--- HN810.A8 T91 Tvedten, Inge. Angola : struggle for peace and reconstruction / Inge Tvedten. Boulder, Colorado : Westview Press, 1997. x, 166 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm. Nations of the modern world. Africa Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-152) and index. 1. Geographical setting -- 2. Historical background. Precolonial Angola -- Angola under the Portuguese -- The war of independence -- 3. Political ideology and practice. War in postindependence Angola -- The centralized one-party state -- Toward democracy and political pluralism -- Crisis politics -- International relations -- 4. Economic potential and performance. Economic policy -- The informal economy -- Main economic sectors -- Trade and aid -- 5. Socioeconomic conditions and cultural traits. Population and ethnolinguistic groups -- Socioeconomic conditions -- Education -- Health -- Civil society and cultural institutions -- 6. Angola's future. The best case scenario -- The worst case scenario -- The middle case scenario. After more than twenty years of devastating civil war, Angola is slowly moving toward peace and reconciliation. In this accessible introduction to one of the most resource-rich countries in Africa, Inge Tvedten traces Angola's turbulent past with a particular focus on the impacts that political and economic upheaval have had on the Angolan people. First, Tvedten reviews five centuries of Portuguese colonial rule, which drained Angola's resources through slavery and exploitation. He then turns to the postindependence period, in which the country became a Cold War staging ground, and its attempts to democratize collapsed when the rebel movement UNITA, supported by the United States, took the country back to war after electoral defeat. Tvedten shows how the colonial legacy and decades of war turned Angola into one of the ten poorest countries in the world, despite considerable oil resources, huge hydroelectric potential, vast and fertile agricultural lands, and some of Africa's most productive fishing waters. Finally, Tvedten argues that peace and prosperity for Angola are possible but constructive international support will be crucial. English. Since 1975 fast Angola. ascl (NL-LeOCL)294898395 development. ascl (NL-LeOCL)294907645 political conditions. ascl (NL-LeOCL)294932372 Economic history fast Politics and government fast Social conditions fast has work: Angola (Text) https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PCGFhY6TFMhF3kMHTQvMXkC https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/ontology/hasWork Online version: Tvedten, Inge. Angola. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press, 1997 (OCoLC)645868825 Nations of the modern world. Africa. Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/97001284-b.html Publisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0831/97001284-d.html lcc BK HN810.A8 T91 0 NO HOLDINGS IN GHUCC - 309 OTHER HOLDINGS 2171 2171 0 0 lcc 0 0 REF GAFC GAFC GEN 2024-11-14 0 HN810.A8 T91 2024-3540 2024-11-14 11:53:29 C.1 2024-11-14 BK