This fourth edition of Historical Dictionary of Gabon contains a chronology, an introduction, appendixes, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 300 cross-referenced entries on important personalities, politics, economy, foreign relations, religion, and culture.

Douglas A. Yates is a political scientist who teaches at the American Graduate School in Paris and the Université de Cergy-Pontoise, also in France. He is co-author of the third edition of Historical Dictionary of Gabon with David Gardinier he is also the author of The Rentier State in Africa: Oil-Rent Dependency and Neo-Colonialism in the Republic of Gabon (1996), The French Oil Industry and the Corps des Mines in Africa (2009), and The Scramble for African Oil: Oppression, Corruption and War for Control of Africa's Natural Resources (2012)

Editor's Foreword Jon Woronoff
Preface
Reader's Note
Acronyms and Abbreviations
Maps
Chronology
Introduction
THE DICTIONARY
Appendices
A. French Commandants, Governors, and Governors-General
B. Presidents and Prime Ministers
C. Roman Catholic Bishops
D. Traditional Monarchs
Bibliography
About the Author