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An overview is found in Harold D. Nelson (ed.), Liberia, 3rd ed. (1985). Physical features are described in Willi Schulze, A New Geography of Liberia (1973). Afro-American 19th-century settlement patterns are analyzed by Tom W. Shick, Behold the Promised Land (1980). Economic and political studies include Christopher Clapham, Liberia and Sierra Leone (1976); and R.W. Clower et al., Growth Without Development (1966). D. Elwood Dunn and Svend E. Holsoe, Historical Dictionary of Liberia (1984), provides an introduction. J. Gus Liebenow, Liberia: The Evolution of Privilege (1969), is supplemented by his Liberia: The Quest for Democracy (1987). D. Elwood Dunn and S. Byron Tarr, Liberia (1988), traces the political development of modern Liberia.
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Article History
| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Country Profile: Removed Literacy rate. | Aug 10, 2026 | ||
| Question and answers added. | Jul 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: PBS - Global Connections - Liberia. | Apr 25, 2025 | ||
| Media added. | Apr 04, 2024 | ||
| Media added. | Feb 05, 2024 | ||
| In the History section, updated with additional detail about the 2023 elections. | Feb 02, 2024 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated Head of state and government. | Jan 22, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Liberia. | Aug 22, 2022 | ||
| Changed “black” to “Black” throughout article. | Sep 02, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Interesting Facts for Kids - Interesting Liberia Facts. | Oct 24, 2019 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Jun 27, 2018 | ||
| In History section, updated with inauguration of George Weah as president of Liberia. | Jan 22, 2018 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated head of state and government. | Jan 22, 2018 | ||
| In History section, updated to mention that George Weah won the presidential election runoff on December 26, 2017. | Dec 28, 2017 | ||
| In the History section, updated with Supreme Court ruling that dismissed challenges by opposition and the court's order to hold the postponed runoff election. | Dec 08, 2017 | ||
| In History section, updated with the postponement of the November 2017 presidential runoff election. | Nov 07, 2017 | ||
| In History section, updated with the results of the first round of the 2017 presidential election. | Oct 20, 2017 | ||
| In History section, updated with the gains under Johnson Sirleaf's second term, the effect of the Ebola virus on the country, and the upcoming elections. | Oct 05, 2017 | ||
| In Economy section, added data charts. | Jul 12, 2017 | ||
| In People section, added data charts. | Jul 12, 2017 | ||
| In People section, updated demographic information. | Jul 12, 2017 | ||
| In Economy section, updated discussion of trade partners. | Jul 12, 2017 | ||
| Added locator map to the Introduction. | Jul 11, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: World InfoZone - Liberia. | Dec 06, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of the Liberia Executive Mansion. | Apr 14, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of the Liberia Executive Mansion. | Apr 14, 2014 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Travel and Cultures - Liberia. | Nov 03, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: UCLA International Institute - African Studies Center - Liberia. | Mar 06, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Tulane University - Liberia. | Mar 06, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Tulane University - Liberia. | Mar 06, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: International Labour Organization - Liberia. | Mar 06, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Official Site of the Embassy of the Republic of Liberia in the United States. | Jan 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Iloveindia.com - Liberia. | Jan 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: Modern American Poetry - Liberia. | Jan 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: globalEDGE - Liberia: Introduction. | Jan 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: History World - Liberia. | Jan 04, 2013 | ||
| Add new Web site: GlobalSecurity.org - Liberia. | Jan 04, 2013 | ||
| In History section, updated with verdict in trial of Charles Taylor. | Apr 27, 2012 | ||
| Deleted map. | Mar 02, 2012 | ||
| Country Profile: Added name of head of state and head of government, along with urban-rural, life expectancy, literacy, and GNI per capita statistics. | Feb 22, 2012 | ||
| Country Profile: Changed form of government. | Feb 22, 2012 | ||
| In History section, updated with results from November 8, 2011, presidential runoff election and circumstances surrounding it. | Nov 16, 2011 | ||
| In History, updated with results from the October 11, 2011, presidential election. | Oct 20, 2011 | ||
| In Land section, added image of Mount Nimba. | Mar 16, 2011 | ||
| National anthem added. | Dec 21, 2010 | ||
| Country Profile: Updated area and population figures. | Mar 12, 2010 | ||
| In Government and society section, characterized the form of government as a multiparty republic and the president as the head of state and government. | Mar 12, 2010 | ||
| In History section, added historical map c. 1902. | Feb 03, 2010 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 19, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Foreign and Commonwealth Office - Liberia. | May 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Liberia. | May 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: The University of Iowa - Art and Life in Africa Project - Liberia. | May 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: CIA - The World Factbook - Liberia. | May 13, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: National Geographic - Travel and Cultures - Liberia. | Apr 20, 2009 | ||
| Added new Web site: Lonely Planet - Liberia. | Jul 03, 2008 | ||
| Updated with Taylor's UN indictment and prosecution, Sirleaf's first years of administration, and Bryant's 2007 corruption charges. Added Sirleaf photo. | Dec 11, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Encyclopedia of Earth - Liberia. | Aug 09, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Dec 14, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Library of Congress - The African-American Mosaic: Colonization. | Oct 13, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: The Pespective - News and Analysis on Liberia. | Aug 10, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Library of Congress - Liberia - Selected Internet Resources. | Aug 08, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Central Intelligence Agency - The World Factbook - Liberia. | Jul 24, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: University of Pennsylvania: African Studies Center - Liberia. | Jun 23, 2006 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 15, 2006 | ||
| History section revised and updated. | Apr 27, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jun 16, 2005 | ||
| Article revised. | Dec 10, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 25, 2004 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 02, 2003 | ||
| Article revised. | May 31, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Aug 15, 2000 | ||
| Article revised. | Feb 29, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 26, 1999 |
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