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Book/Printed MaterialImage 1 of Angola : a country study area handbook series Angola a country study
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 2 of Angola : a country study
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 3 of Angola : a country study
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 4 of Angola : a country study t
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 5 of Angola : a country study Angola a country study Federal Research Division Library of Congress Edited by Thomas Collelo Research Completed February 1989
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 6 of Angola : a country study On the cover Portion of a fresco depicting revolutionary scenes at the Karl Marx Institute of Education in Luanda Third Edition First Printing 1991 Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Angola a country...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 7 of Angola : a country study Foreword This volume is one in a continuing series of books now being prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Con gress under the Country Studies Area Handbook Program...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 8 of Angola : a country study
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 9 of Angola : a country study Acknowledgments The authors wish to acknowledge the contributions of the fol lowing individuals who wrote the 1979 edition of Angola A Coun try Study edited by Irving Kaplan H Mark Roth Historical...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 10 of Angola : a country study
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 11 of Angola : a country study Contents Page Foreword iii Acknowledgments v Preface xiii Country Profile XV Introduction xxi Chapter 1 Historical Setting 1 Rachel Warner PRECOLONIAL ANGOLA AND THE ARRIVAL OF THE PORTUGUESE 5 Kongo Kingdom 6...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 12 of Angola : a country study Beginning of Revolution 28 ANGOLAN INSURGENCY 29 Ascendancy of the MPLA 31 Emergence of UNITA 32 Liberation Movements in Cabinda 33 Portuguese Economic Interests and Resistance to Angolan Independence 34 The Portuguese...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 13 of Angola : a country study Mestizos 79 STRUCTURE OF SOCIETY 80 Social Structure in Rural Communities 81 Social Structure in Urban Areas 86 Effects of Socialist Policies 87 Role of Women and Children 90 Effects of the...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 14 of Angola : a country study Roads 147 Railroads 147 Ports 150 Air Transport 151 Telecommunications 151 BALANCE OF PAYMENTS FINANCES AND FOREIGN DEBT 152 Balance of Trade and Payments 152 Finances 154 Foreign Debt 154 Chapter 4...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 15 of Angola : a country study The Development of FAPLA 210 ARMED FORCES 211 Constitutional and Political Context 211 Armed Forces Organization and Mission 214 Troop Strength Recruitment and Conscription 222 Conditions of Service Ranks and Military Justice...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 16 of Angola : a country study 10 Transportation System 1988 148 11 Structure of the Government 1988 166 12 Structure of the MPLAPT 1988 172 13 Military Regions and Principal Bases 1987 216 14 Organization of the Ministry...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 17 of Angola : a country study Preface Like its predecessor this study is an attempt to treat in a con cise and objective manner the dominant social political econom ic and military aspects of Angolan society Sources of...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 18 of Angola : a country study
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 19 of Angola : a country study Country Profile Country Formal Name People s Republic of Angola Short Form Angola Term for Citizens Angolans Date of Independence 1975 from Portugal xv
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 20 of Angola : a country study Geography Size Approximately 1246700 square kilometers including enclave of Cabinda Topography Coastal lowland along Atlantic Namib Desert south of Benguela hills and mountains paralleling coast rise to high plateau in east divided...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 21 of Angola : a country study Extractive Industries Oil most important sector of economy Con tributed 30 percent of GDP in 1985 Concentrated in areas off shore of Cabinda Province Diamond mining in northeast disrupted by fighting Agriculture...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 22 of Angola : a country study Libertagao de AngolaPartido de Trabalho MPLAPT Govern ment composed of executive branch led by president who appointed Council of Ministers and Defense and Security Council Legisla tive branch consisted of People s...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 23 of Angola : a country study Combat Units and Major Equipment Army organized into more than seventy brigades in ten military regions Operated about 1 100 Sovietmanufactured tanks and armored fighting vehicles Air force organized into three regiments...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 24 of Angola : a country study 6 abinda MbanzCongo ZAIRE J V r UIGE _J Uige K J V J L a a J norte BENGO 5 l MALANZE S CUANZA Atlantic Sumb e UL l BIE International...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 25 of Angola : a country study Introduction AN IMPORTANT SYMBOLIC EPISODE in the course of Ango lan history took place on June 22 1989 in the remote Zairian town of Gbadolite On that date Angolan president Jose Eduardo...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 26 of Angola : a country study in wars against the African kingdoms that it had not yet conquered and in consolidating its hold on territories awarded to it at the Berlin Conference of 1884 during the socalled scramble...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 27 of Angola : a country study Regionally Zaire came to the aid of the FNLA by supplying bases and some combat troops South Africa concerned about communist expansion in southern Africa invaded Angola from neighboring Namibia Internationally the...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 28 of Angola : a country study production of coffee sisal sugar iron ore and diamonds either declined or stagnated Furthermore the closure by UNITA insur gents of the Benguela Railway which linked the rich mining regions of Zaire...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 29 of Angola : a country study power remained in the hands of dos Santos and his small inner circle For the most part Angola s goal of installing a functioning so cialist state had not been attained Although...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 30 of Angola : a country study president George P Bush affirmed American support for the UNITA rebels and vowed to continue backing Savimbi s move ment until the MPLAPT and UNITA reached an accommo dation The MPLA s...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 31 of Angola : a country study UNITA achieved Angolans stood a chance of reversing the pat tern of turmoil victimization and disappointment that had plagued the country for the previous 500 years October 18 1989 A few significant...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 32 of Angola : a country study Despite the on going military situation there appeared to be some softening of political positions In April 1990 government and UNITA representatives met in Portugal for negotiations As a result UNITA recognized...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 33 of Angola : a country study Chapter 1 Historical Setting
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 34 of Angola : a country study A village near Pungo Andongo formerly PunguaNdondong the capital of the Ndongo Kingdom in the sixteenth century
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 35 of Angola : a country study IN NOVEMBER 1975 after nearly five centuries as a Portuguese colony Angola became an independent state By late 1988 how ever despite fertile land large deposits of oil and gas and great...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 36 of Angola : a country study Angola A Country Study social and economic infrastructure nor invested directly in long term development Ideologically Portugal maintained that increasing the density of white rural settlement in Angola was a means of...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 37 of Angola : a country study Historical Setting MPLA government with alarm South Africa invaded Angola The Soviet and Cuban reaction was swift the former provided the logistical support and the latter provided troops By the end of...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 38 of Angola : a country study Angola A Country Study The Bantu speakers were a Negroid people adept at farming hunting and gathering who probably began their migrations from the rain forest near what is now the NigeriaCameroon...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 39 of Angola : a country study Historical Setting moved south of the Congo River into northern Angola conquer ing the people they found there and establishing Mbanza Kongo now spelled Mbanza Congo the capital of the kingdom One...
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01
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Book/Printed MaterialImage 40 of Angola : a country study Angola A Country Study Figure 2 Major Angolan Kingdoms 12001900 8
- Contributor: Collelo, Thomas - American University (Washington, D.C.). Foreign Area Studies
- Date: 1991-01-01