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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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jonas, Raymond Anthony (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
Subjects:
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
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.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.

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