A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991
Bounded by Sudan to the west and north, Kenya to the south, Somalia to the southeast, and Eritrea and Djibouti to the northeast, Ethiopia is a pivotal country in the geopolitics of the region. Yet it is important to understand this ancient and often splintered country in its own right.
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Athens, OH :
Ohio University Press
2002.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed |
| Colección: | EBSCO Academic eBook Collection Complete.
Eastern African Studies. |
| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b3736179x*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Series Page; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; 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; The northern principalities; States and peoples of southern Ethiopia; The link: long-distance trade; 2. The external challenge; Renewed European interest; Egyptian expansion; 2 Unification and Independence 1855-1896; 1. The first response: Kasa
- Tewodros; Tewodros as modernizer; Tewodros and the foreigners; The end of Tewodros.
- 2. A new approach to unification3. Intensification of the external challenge; Gundat and Gura: victory without peace; 4. The road to Matamma; 5. The creation of the modern Ethiopian empire-state; The process of expansion; The birth of a capital; Crisis in the socio-economic order: the 'Great Ethiopian Famine', 1888-1892; 6. Resolution of the external challenge; The campaign of Adwa; 3 From Adwa to Maychaw 1896-1935; 1. The historical significance of Adwa; 2. The socio-economic order; Mode of surplus appropriation; Trade; Concessions; Modern education and the birth of an intelligentsia.
- 3. Political developmentsThe decade of consolidation (1896-1906); Power struggle (1908-1930); The problem of succession; The Iyyasu interlude; Creeping autocracy (1916-1930); The emergence of absolutism (1930-1935); 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; The British decade; The American era; 2. The socio-economic scene; Agriculture and land tenure; Trade and industry; 3. Consolidation of absolutism; The emperor; The governing elite.
- The Revised Constitution of 1955The apparatus of coercion; 4. Opposition; Plots and conspiracies; The attempted coup d'état of 1960; Peasant rebellions; Eritrea: federation, union and separatism; The Ethiopian Student Movement; 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; Ethno-nationalist insurgency; Economic crisis; Global change; The final offensives; Conclusion; Glossary; Notes on Transliteration; Personal Names; Index.
