TY  - BOOK
AU  - ST JOHN Ronald B
TI  - Historical dictionary of Libya
SN  - 0810834952 (hbk.):
PY  - 1998///
CY  - Lanham,Md., USA
PB  - The Scarecrow Press Inc.
KW  - LIBYA
KW  - BIBLIOGRAPHIES
KW  - CHRONOLOGIES
KW  - DICTIONARIES
N2  - COVERAGE:Provides several hundred A-Z entries on the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya. Covers history,politics,the economy and society, the geography and ethnic groups, places, institutions and significant people. In addition to the main dictionary entries, the work also includes: a section on abbreviations and acronyms; a chronology of events; a detailed introduction; and a bibliography. There are numerous appendices which provide additional background information on Libya and these include, for example: the Karamanli Dynasty, 1711-1835; Libyan Cabinets, 1952-1969; recoverable oil reserves, 1967-1004; selected chronology of sanctions against Libya; and maps of various boundary disputes
ER  -