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Libya since independence : oil and state-building / Dirk Vandewalle

By: Publication details: Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, c1998.Description: xxix, 226 p. : map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0801485355 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DT235.5 .V36 1998
Summary: Although Libya and its current leader have been the subject of numerous accounts, few have considered how the country's emergence as an oil economy created a state whose rulers ignored the concept of modern statehood. This book supplies a detailed analysis of Libya's political and economic development since the country's independence in 1951.
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Books Books American University in Dubai American University in Dubai Main Collection DT 235.5 .V36 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 620864

Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-218) and index.

Although Libya and its current leader have been the subject of numerous accounts, few have considered how the country's emergence as an oil economy created a state whose rulers ignored the concept of modern statehood. This book supplies a detailed analysis of Libya's political and economic development since the country's independence in 1951.

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