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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherLerner Publishing Group
ISBN-100822524651
ISBN-139780822524656
eBay Product ID (ePID)45392523
Product Key Features
Book TitleLiberia in Pictures
Number of Pages80 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicHistory / Africa, People & Places / Africa
IllustratorYes
GenreJuvenile Nonfiction
AuthorTom Streissguth
Book SeriesVisual Geography Series, Second Ser.
FormatLibrary Binding
Dimensions
Item Height0.4 in
Item Weight14.1 Oz
Item Length10.1 in
Item Width7.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceElementary/High School
LCCN2005-004644
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromFifth Grade
Educational LevelHigh School, Elementary School
Dewey Decimal966.62
Grade ToTwelfth Grade
SynopsisThe 'Visual Geography Series' reveals the history and government, economy, people, geography and cultural life of countries around the world., The western African nation of Liberia was established in 1847. Home to roughly 3.5 million people, the nation is Africa's oldest republic. In the early 1800s, freed slaves and the descendants of slaves from the United States settled in Liberia. Although the Americo-Liberians made up just 5 percent of Liberia's population, they dominated the nation's government and economy--eventually leading to many years of ethnic conflict and civil war. By the twenty-first century, these troubles had turned Liberia into one of the world's poorest and most violent countries.