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OverviewThis is the first in a series of joint venture scholarly explorations into the Czech-African relationship. This monograph brings together several aspects of Czechoslovak-African relations mainly in historical perspective covering major events and views on Africa dealing with different periods and different regions of Africa and the various roles Czechs or Slovaks had in these places. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jan Zahorik , Linda Piknerova , Jan DvoracekPublisher: The Edwin Mellen Press Ltd Imprint: Edwin Mellen Press Ltd ISBN: 9780773400870ISBN 10: 0773400877 Pages: 208 Publication Date: June 2014 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsAbstract; Foreword by Istvan Tarrosy; 1. Introduction; 2. Czecho(Slovak)-Southern African Relations: From Adventures to Development Partnership?; 3. Ethiopia in the Works of Czech Travelers in the 1920s and 1930s; 4. Breaking the shackles of colonial rule in Africa?: An overview of the Czech-Soviet penetration into Africa in the early 1960s; 5. Czechoslovak view on the Decolonization of Congo, ca. 1955-1965; 6. Conclusion; 7. List of resources; 8. Index.ReviewsScholarly literature is undoubtedly scarce on former Soviet Bloc-African relations,...[the authors] did a great job in launching fresh investigations into present-day Czech-Africa relations by making efforts to establish a research center in Pilsen, extending working connections with African u niversities, and offering first of all a monograph about Czechoslovak-African relations... (Dr. Istvan Tarrosy,Asst. Professor, Dir. Dept. of Political Science and International Studies, Africa Research Centre Centre, University of Pecs) This work can be seen as part of a reassessment of a central European foreign policy about Africa or African development in the forefront of global aspirations. This work is to be commended in its scholarly analysis and... it contributes to our global knowledge and understanding of African nations, peoples and regions. (Dr. Glenn Reynolds, University of Sunderland, UK) Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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