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The siege of Magdala : the British Empire against the Emperor of Ethiopia
- Title
- The siege of Magdala : the British Empire against the Emperor of Ethiopia / Volker Matthies ; translated from German by Steven Rendall.
- Author
- Matthies, Volker
- Publication
- Princeton, NJ : Markus Wiener Publishers, 2012.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Book/Text | Use in library | DT386.3 .M38 2012 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Rendall, Steven
- Description
- xxiv, 209 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm
- Uniform Title
- Unternehmen Magdala. English
- Alternative Title
- Unternehmen Magdala.
- Subject
- Great Britain. Army > History
- Great Britain. Army
- Großbritannien
- 1490-1899
- Magdala, Battle of, Āmba Maryam, Ethiopia, 1868
- Diplomatic relations
- Invasion
- Konflikt
- Ethiopia > History > 1490-1889
- Āmba Maryam (Ethiopia) > History > 19th century
- Ethiopia > Foreign relations > Great Britain
- Great Britain > Foreign relations > Ethiopia
- Ethiopia
- Ethiopia > Āmba Maryam
- Great Britain
- Äthiopien
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- "Copyright [MARC+93] 2010 by Ch. Links Verlag GmbH, Berlin, for the German edition, entitled Unternehmen Magdala: Strafexpedition in Äthiopien, by Volker Matthies."--P. iv.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Contents
- Introduction: a curious campaign -- Mysterious Ethiopia -- Tewodros II defies Queen Victoria -- The European hostages -- The British Empire prepares for war -- A harbor city built overnight -- Embedded journalists -- The long march to Magdala -- The Aroge massacre -- The assault on the fortress -- The looting of Ethiopian cultural treasures -- Orderly withdrawal -- The victors' triumphal return to England -- Balance sheet: military intervention without colonial occupation.
- ISBN
- 9781558765511
- 1558765514
- 9781558765528
- 1558765522
- LCCN
- 2011033727
- OCLC
- ocn746489734
- 746489734
- SCSB-1629015
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library