ISBN: 1569020191

[SR: 2872667], Paperback, [EAN: 9781569020197], Red Sea Pr, Red Sea Pr, Book, [PU: Red Sea Pr], Red Sea Pr, This study of popular protest and resistance in Ethiopia focuses on three impor… Mehr…

[SR: 2872667], Paperback, [EAN: 9781569020197], Red Sea Pr, Red Sea Pr, Book, [PU: Red Sea Pr], Red Sea Pr, This study of popular protest and resistance in Ethiopia focuses on three important peasant-based rebellions that occurred between 1941 and 1970. The author attempts to uncover certain key features of popular protest in pre-revolutionary Ethiopia. Drawing upon ample evidence, he concludes that these revolts were not a consequence of capitalist exploitation, as was usually the case in most Third World countries, but were connected with the rise of a modern, bureaucratic, multi-ethnic national state. Ethiopian peasants were neither conservative nor compliant, as is often assumed, although their defiance was nevertheless essentially non-revolutionary. These interesting and fresh findings also suggest a possible explanation for the eruption and intensification of armed conflict in rural Ethiopia after 1974. On a theoretical level, the study makes a significant contribution to the ongoing analysis of social movements in agrarian societies., 15812771, East Africa, 4762, Africa, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books, 4773, Ethiopia, 4762, Africa, 9, History, 1000, Subjects, 283155, Books<

ISBN: 9781569020197

A penetrating analysis, written with a rare combination of passion and balanced assessment...Gebru's interpretation is subtle and persuasive and his arguments break new ground' - Times Hi… Mehr…

A penetrating analysis, written with a rare combination of passion and balanced assessment...Gebru's interpretation is subtle and persuasive and his arguments break new ground' - Times Higher Education Supplement This highly praised study of popular protest and resistance in Ethiopia focuses on three important peasant-based rebellions that occurred between 1941 and 1970.' Books<