Historical Dictionary of Botswana [Hardcover]

Morton Barry (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 10, 1996 | Series: African Historical Dictionaries/Historical Dictionaries of Africa (Book 70)

Written by three scholars with close ties to the country, the dictionary offers concise descriptive entries for Botswana's significant personalities, places, events, and institutions as well as its economy, society, ethnic groups, government, and culture. Reviews of the Previous Edition: ...indispensable for almost all libraries. --ARBA The term reference work does not do justice to a book so engaging as this...a teaching tool as well as a reference tool...indispensable. --AFRICAN ECONOMIC HISTORY ...immediately enters the canon of the dozen or so essential works of reference on Botswana. --JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORY

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Review

This book should be in every library, secondary school library, in every educational institute, every tourist lodge and of course in all government departments. We have before us a most remarkable publication, an astonishing treasure house of information whose compilation represents a most amazing achievement by its three editors. (Sandy Grant Mmegi Online, June 2009 )

Extensive bibliography. (American Reference Books Annual, March 2009 ) --This text refers to an alternate Hardcover edition.

About the Author

Fred Morton, Ph.D., is Professor of History at Loras College, Iowa. He has written extensively on both East Africa and southern African slavery. Jeff Ramsay, Ph.D., is Head of the Social Sciences Department and teaches history at Legae Academy, Gaborone. Barry Morton is a doctoral candidate in African history at Indiana University who is writing his dissertation on colonial Ngamiland. He is the author of "Pre-Colonial Botswana: An Annotated Bibliography and Guide to the Sources" (1994).

Product Details

• Hardcover: 320 pages
• Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.; 3 Sub edition (October 10, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810831430
• ISBN-13: 978-0810831438
• Product Dimensions: 8.7 x 5.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,353,794 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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This review is from: Historical Dictionary of Botswana (Hardcover)

This book was written by writers based in Botswana and I was disappointed that the only place where I could find it was at Amazon - none of the regional bookstores have it. Anyway, it is a fantastic historical book that every Motswana and other interested people/scholars should have. I could not put it down once I opened it. I hae also learned a lot from it - facts that I was not aware of!