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The Battle of Adwa : African victory in the age of empire / Raymond Jonas.

Title
The Battle of Adwa : African victory in the age of empire / Raymond Jonas.
Author
Jonas, Raymond, 1954-
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.

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Description
x, 413 pages : illustrations, maps; 25 cm
Summary
In 1896 a massive Ethiopian army routed an invading Italian force and brought Italys conquest of Africa to an end. In defending its independence, Ethiopia cast doubt on the assumption that all Africans would fall under the rule of Europeans, and opened a breach that would lead to the continents painful struggle for freedom from colonial rule.
Subject
  • Menelik II, Emperor of Ethiopia, 1844-1913
  • Taitu, Empress, consort of Menelik II, Negus of Ethiopia, -1918
  • Menelik II
  • Taitu
  • Taitu, Empress, consort of Menelik II, Negus of Ethiopia, -1918
  • Menelik II, Negus of Ethiopia, 1844-1913
  • 1895-1896
  • Adwa, Battle of, Adwa, Ethiopia, 1896
  • Italo-Ethiopian War, 1895-1896
  • Bataille d'Adoua, Adoua, Éthiopie, 1896
  • Guerre italo-éthiopienne, 1895-1896
  • History
  • Diplomatic relations
  • Schlacht von Adua
  • Italiensk-etiopiska kriget 1895-1896
  • Italy > Foreign relations > Ethiopia
  • Ethiopia > Foreign relations > Italy
  • Italie > Relations extérieures > Éthiopie
  • Éthiopie > Relations extérieures > Italie
  • Ethiopia > Foreign relations > Italy
  • Ethiopia
  • Ethiopia > Adwā
  • Italy
  • Afrika
  • Äthiopien
  • Italien > diplomatiska förbindelser > Etiopien > 1896
  • Etiopien > diplomatiska förbindeler > Italien > 1896
  • Adua > Schlacht
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
pt. 1. The road to Adwa -- Courtly ambitions -- Listing toward Adwa -- Italy in Africa -- The price of liberty -- Black in service of white -- Africa in Italy -- "Something humiliating for my kingdom" -- pt. 2. The battle -- Menelik's march -- Amba Alage -- Stalled at Sauria -- Baratieri chooses -- Armies meet -- The center crumbles -- pt. 3. Aftermaths -- Despair, panic, pursuit -- The harvest -- The long march -- Sons and lovers and accidental anthropologists -- Menelik abroad -- Reckonings -- Rescues -- Passings.
ISBN
  • 9780674052741
  • 0674052749
  • 9780674503847
  • 0674503848
  • 9780674062795 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
  • 0674062795 (ebook) (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2011014346
OCLC
  • 709670303
  • SCSB-11464376
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library