The author tells the story of people caught between our century and a traditional past. She shows how the high expectations of the new nations were dashed by a harsh conjunction of nature, desperate competition for trade, and the conflict between tradition and modern economic realities. She...

Collection of ten papers about different aspects of the country's political and economic systems. The work analyses the major historical and international factors that have affected the political economy of Botswana within the Southern African region during the colonial period and thereafter