Historical Dictionary of Lesotho - Rosenberg, Scott; Weisfelder, Richard F.
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This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Lesotho covers the full scope of Lesotho's ancient, colonial, and independence eras. It gives greater emphasis to the more recent period and brings the book fully up-to-date. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on civil society, key events, leaders, governmental, international, religious, and other private organizations, policies, political movements and parties, economic elements, and many other areas that have shaped the…mehr

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This second edition of Historical Dictionary of Lesotho covers the full scope of Lesotho's ancient, colonial, and independence eras. It gives greater emphasis to the more recent period and brings the book fully up-to-date. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 400 cross-referenced entries on civil society, key events, leaders, governmental, international, religious, and other private organizations, policies, political movements and parties, economic elements, and many other areas that have shaped the country's trajectory. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about Lesotho.
Autorenporträt
Scott Rosenberg is presently a professor of history at Wittenberg University in Ohio and his specialization in Lesotho and Basotho culture and national identity. In this connection, he has written among other things Promises of Moshoeshoe: Culture, Nationalism, and Identity in Lesotho. He has visited Lesotho frequently, first in 1995-96, and more recently with Wittenberg students engaged in volunteer work. Richard F. Weisfelder is a retired professor of political science at the University of Toledo, Ohio, who first visited Lesotho in 1965-66, taught international relations at the National University of Lesotho in 1995-96, and has returned several times since with groups of high school social studies teachers. Like Dr. Rosenberg, he has written extensively on the country and between them they produced the first edition of the Historical Dictionary of Lesotho.