ACLS Humanities E-Book: A history of modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991

A history of modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991

Bahru Zewde.

Year: 2001.

Publisher: James Curry.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

Illustrations

Maps

Sources of illustrations

Acronyms

Preface

Preface to the Second Edition

Introduction

1 The background

1. The internal scene in the first half of the nineteenth century

2. The external challenge

2 Unification and Independence 1855-1896

1. The first response: Kasa - Tewodros

2. A new approach to unification

3. Intensification of the external challenge

4. The road to Matamma

5. The creation of the modern Ethiopian empire-state

6. Resolution of the external challenge

3 From Adwa to Maychaw 1896-1935

1. The historical significance of Adwa

2. The socio-economic order

3. Political developments

4 The Italian Occupation 1936-1941

1. The Italo-Ethiopian war

2. Italian rule

3. The Resistance

5 From Liberation to Revolution 1941-1974

1. The international setting

2. The socio-economic scene

3. Consolidation of absolutism

4. Opposition

6 Revolution and its Sequel

1. Typology

2. The popular upsurge

3. The 'creeping coup'

4. Military rule and its opponents

5. The ideological schooling of the Darg

6. Towards one-man rule

7. The end

Conclusion

Glossary

Notes on transliteration

Personal names

Index

reviews

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Title:

A history of modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991 : Bahru Zewde.

Author:

Bahru Zewde

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2008
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A history of modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991 : Bahru Zewde.
Bahru Zewde
Oxford [England]: James Curry, 2001.

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http://hdl.handle.net/2027/heb.02682

Subject Headings:

• Ethiopia -- History -- 1889-1974
• Ethiopia -- History -- 1974-
• Ethiopia -- History -- 19th century

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