Federal Research Division, Library of Congress ; edited by Helen Chapin Metz.
EDITION STATEMENT
Edition Statement
4th ed.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Washington, D.C. :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O.,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1993.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
xxxvii, 282 pages :
Other Physical Details
illustrations, maps ;
Dimensions
24 cm
SERIES
Series Title
Area handbook series,
Series Title
DA pam ;
Volume Designation
550-86
ISSN of Series
1057-5294
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
"Research completed May 1992."
Text of Note
Supersedes the 1982 ed. of Somalia : a country study, edited by Harold D. Nelson.
INTERNAL BIBLIOGRAPHIES/INDEXES NOTE
Text of Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-259) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
Text of Note
Historical setting ; The society and its environment / [Said S. Samatar] -- The economy / [David D. Laitin] -- Government and politics / [Eric Hooglund] -- National security / [Thomas Ofcansky].
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
A researcher for Human Rights Watch describes the refugee camp in Dadaab, home to those fleeing civil war in Somalia, and highlights the life of various residents, including a former child soldier, a schoolgirl and a youth leader. --Publisher.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address
GPO
Stock Number
008-020-01296-3
OTHER EDITION IN ANOTHER MEDIUM
Title
Somalia
Title
Somalia.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Somalia.
Somalie.
Somalia.
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6
7
(SUBJECT CATEGORY (Provisional
X800
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION
Number
967/
.
73
Edition
20
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CLASSIFICATION
Class number
Z663
.
275
.
S66
Book number
.
S68
1993
OTHER CLASS NUMBERS
Class number
74
.
23
System Code
bcl
PERSONAL NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Metz, Helen Chapin,1928-
CORPORATE BODY NAME - ALTERNATIVE RESPONSIBILITY
Library of Congress., Federal Research Division.
Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)