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

In 1896 a massive Ethiopian army routed an invading Italian force and brought Italy's 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 continent...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jonas, Raymond, 1954- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Menelik > II, > Emperor of Ethiopia, > 1844-1913.
Taitu, > Empress, consort of Menelik II, Negus of Ethiopia, > -1918.
Menelik > II.
Taitu.
Menelik > II, > Emperor of Ethiopia, > 1844-1913
Taitu, > Empress, consort of Menelik II, Negus of Ethiopia, > -1918
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 > General.
HISTORY > Europe > General.
Diplomatic relations
Schlacht von Adua
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
Ethiopia > Adwā
Italy
Afrika.
Äthiopien.
Italien > diplomatiska förbindelser > Etiopien > 1896.
Etiopien > diplomatiska förbindeler > Italien > 1896.
Adua > Schlacht.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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