April A Gordon

Biographic Data

ID5136457
NAMEApril A Gordon
GIVEN NAMESApril A
FAMILY NAMEGordon
SIGNATUREGORDON A A
AFFILIATIONSWinthrop University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS5
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT4
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1989
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2010
H-INDEX2

  • Africa today: Culture, economics, religion, security

    April Gordon, April A GordonARTICLEJournal of Contemporary African…2010Cited by: 3

    Africa today: Culture, economics, religion, security by Heather Deegan, New York, Routledge, 2009, xvi + 235 pp. including figures, maps, tables, boxes, notes, bibliography and index, ISBN 0-4154-1

  • "The Ideological Convert and the "Mythology of Coherence: The Contradictory Hans Kohn and his Multiple Metamorphoses

    A Gordon, April A GordonARTICLEThe Leo Baeck Institute Year Book2010Cited by: 2

  • Understanding Contemporary Africa

    Virginia Delancey, George Joseph et al.BOOKUnderstanding Contemporary Africa2007

  • The Nigerian Americans

    April Gordon, April A GordonARTICLEJournal of American Ethnic History2004

    Book Review| July 01 2004 The Nigerian Americans The Nigerian Americans, Kalu Ogbaa. April Gordon April Gordon Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of American Ethnic History (2004) 23 (4): 184–185. https://doi.org/10.2307/27501514 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation April Gordon; The Nigerian Americans. Journal of American Ethnic History 1 January 2004; 2…

  • Understanding Contemporary Africa

    April A Gordon, Donald L GordonBOOKUnderstanding Contemporary Africa2001

    An up-to-date, multidisciplinary book designed for use as a core text in “Introduction to Africa” and “African Politics” courses and also as a supplemental reader in a wide variety of other discipline-oriented curriculums.

  • Modern Kenya: Social Issues and Perspectives (review)

    April A GordonARTICLEAfrica Today2001

    Watson, Mary Ann, ed. 2000. Modern Kenya: Social Issues and Perspectives. Lanham, Maryland: University Press of America. 380 pp

  • Commentary: What Is an Effective Language of Peace

    Open AccessApril Gordon, April A GordonARTICLEPeace & Change1997

  • Understanding Contemporary Africa

    Virginia Delancey, Patrick J Furlong et al.BOOKUnderstanding Contemporary Africa1996

    An up-to-date, multidisciplinary book designed for use as a core text in “Introduction to Africa” and “African Politics” courses and also as a supplemental reader in a wide variety of other discipline-oriented curriculums.

  • Understanding Contemporary Africa

    Virginia Delancey, Patrick J Furlong et al.BOOKUnderstanding Contemporary Africa1992

    An up-to-date, multidisciplinary book designed for use as a core text in “Introduction to Africa” and “African Politics” courses and also as a supplemental reader in a wide variety of other discipline-oriented curriculums

  • The myth of modernization and development

    April Gordon, April A GordonARTICLESociological Spectrum1989References: 23

    This article is a critical evaluation of modernization and development theories. It focuses on three issues: the ideological basis of modernization and development concepts; the distortions of Western and Nonwestern societies’ histories that underlie various theories; and the political motivations behind the content of modernization and development policies and theories. The article concludes with a brief discussion of alternative approaches to b…