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Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience With Development And Decadence In Deepest Africa

(Paperback)


Publishing Details

Full Title:

Tropical Gangsters: One Man's Experience With Development And Decadence In Deepest Africa

Contributors:

By (Author) Robert Klitgaard

ISBN:

9780465087600

Publisher:

Basic Books

Imprint:

Basic Books

Publication Date:

22nd July 1991

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Main Subject:
Other Subjects:

African history

Dewey:

330.9671803

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

296

Dimensions:

Width 153mm, Height 227mm, Spine 18mm

Weight:

428g

Description

Selected as one of the six best nonfiction books of 1990 by the editors f the New York Times Book Review , this is a compelling and entertaining account of the authors two-and-a-half year adventure in Equatorial Guinea, and his efforts to get this small bankrupt African nation on the path of structural development.

Author Bio

Robert Klitgaard is the author of Tropical Gangsters and Choosing Elites. A former associate professor of public policy at Harvard's Kennedy School, he is currently President and University Professor of Claremont Graduate University.

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