Historical Dictionary of United States-Africa Relations (Volume 9) (Historical Dictionaries of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations, 9) - Hardcover

Waters Jr., Robert Anthony

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 081085063X ISBN 13: 9780810850637

Publisher: Scarecrow Press, 2009

Synopsis

The image of Africa among Americans at the beginning of the 21st century is tragic; America's image among Africans is of a place that is splendid but arrogant and unfeeling. Both have large elements of truth. Poverty, coups, corruption, pandemic disease, and tribal, racial, and religious violence are all too common in Africa. So too is Americans' lack of concern about the people of a continent that suffers from these tragedies, as well as their government's support for African governments that treat their people as prey instead of citizens.

The Historical Dictionary of United States-Africa Relations encompasses the relationship between the two from the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the George W. Bush administration, with particular emphasis on the Cold War. It focuses on political and economic aspects of the relationship and includes cultural relations. This is done through a chronology, an introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of cross-referenced dictionary entries on key persons, places, events, institutions, and organizations.

About this title

About the Author:

Robert Anthony Waters, Jr. is visiting assistant professor of History at Ohio Northern University and on leave from Southern University at New Orleans where he is associate professor.

Review:

Recommended. (CHOICE, September 2009)

This is a compact source of information. . . . It can answer questions and provide sources for more comprehensive information. (American Reference Books Annual)

Contains a wealth of detail on many aspects of relations between the U.S. and Africa from the seventeenth century....A valuable reference for American relations with Africa over the past five decades. (Stratedyworld.Com)

This timely resource will be very useful in large public libraries and academic libraries. (Booklist, September 2009)

About this edition

• Publisher: Scarecrow Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 081085063X
• ISBN 13: 9780810850637
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 448