Greater Ethiopia combines history, anthropology, and sociology to
answer two major questions. Why did Ethiopia remain independent under
the onslaught of European expansionism while other African political
entities were colonized? And why must Ethiopia be considered a single
cultural region despite its political, religious, and linguistic
diversity? Donald Levine's interdisciplinary study makes a substantial
contribution both to Ethiopian interpretive history and to
sociological analysis. In his new preface, Levine examines Ethiopia
since the overthrow of the monarchy in the 1970s. "Ethiopian
scholarship is in Professor Levine's debt. . . . He has performed an
important task with panache, urbanity, and learning."—Edward
Ullendorff, Times Literary Supplement "Upon rereading this book, it
strikes the reader how broad in scope, how innovative in approach, and
how stimulating in arguments this book was when it came out. . . . In
the past twenty years it has inspired anthropological and historical
research, stimulated theoretical debate about Ethiopia's cultural and
historical development, and given the impetus to modern political
thinking about the complexities and challenges of Ethiopia as a
country. The text thus easily remains an absolute must for any
Ethiopianist scholar to read and digest."-J. Abbink, Journal of Modern
African Studies
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ISBN
9780226229676
Publisert
2018
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University of Chicago Press
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Product language
Engelsk
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Digital bok
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