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A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1974 (Eastern African Studies)
A History of Modern Ethiopia 18551974 - Eastern African Studies Author:Bahru Zewde This book is the first modern history of Ethiopia of any consequence. It is firmly rooted in, and reflects the principal insights of, the international historical scholarship concerning Ethiopia which has developed in the past twenty-five years. — At the same time it is an original contribbution to that scholarship developing its own insights and... more » providing guidelines for future historical research. It is written in such a way as to inform and stimulate both the specialist and the general reader.
It illuminates the background to contemporary Ethiopian political and social developments and should be required reading for the journalists, leader-writers, and social scientists who have taken up Ethiopian issues.« less