Bahru Zewde

Gebundenes Buch

The Quest for Socialist Utopia

The Ethiopian Student Movement, C. 1960-1974

Beschreibung

In the 20th and 21st centuries, Ethiopia has undergone a long transformation from empire to modern nation state. This book reveals the fundamental role of the student movement in the overthrow of imperial power in the late 1960s and 1970s, and the shaping of the agenda for the country's new constitution.

Autor

Bahru Zewde is Emeritus Professor of History at Addis Ababa University and founding Fellow and Vice President of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences. He has authored many books and articles, notably A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1974, Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia: The Reformist Intellectuals of the Early Twentieth Century and The Quest for Socialist Utopia, finalist for the Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize, 2015.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: James Currey
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Januar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 222mm x 145mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 536g
• ISBN-13: 9781847010858
• ISBN-10: 1847010857
• Artikelnr.: 38475412