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Mauritania
Index
Mauritania: A Country Study replaces the edition
published in 1972, twelve years after Mauritania became
independent. Between 1960 and 1972, Mauritania struggled to
achieve political unity and economic independence. It also
suffered a drought and an attendant economic dislocation that
lasted through the 1970s. In the period between 1972 and 1987,
intermittent drought, desertification, and the war in the Western
Sahara further exacerbated Mauritania's political and economic
problems.
Like the earlier study, this edition seeks to provide a
concise and objective account of the history and dominant social,
political, economic, and military aspects of contemporary
Mauritania. Sources of information included scholarly monographs
and journals, official reports of governments and international
organizations, periodicals, and foreign and domestic newspapers.
Chapter bibliographies appear at the end of the book; brief
comments on some of the more valuable sources appear at the end
of each chapter. Measurements are given in the metric system; a
conversion table to aid readers is included (see
table 1,
Appendix). A glossary is also included.
The authors have spelled place-names in accordance with usage
established by the United States Board on Geographic Names. In
transliterating personal names, they have followed standard usage
in official Mauritanian sources.
Data as of June 1988
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