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Series Foreword The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series is intended to provide students and interested laypeople with up-to-date, concise, and analytical histories of many of the nations of the contemporary world. Notable People in the History of Ethiopia

“Afro-Marxism”: Engaging Local and Global Orthodoxies and the Price of Revolution, 1974–1991Ĭontents Globalization and Other Postmodern Conﬁgurations: Ethiopia at Home and Abroad Since 1991 World War II and Aftermath: Reconstruction and Other Contradictions, 1935–1960Ĭonservatives and Liberal Reforms, 1960–1974

“Afromodern” Aspirations: Political Expansion and Social Reform in Local and Global Contexts, 1884–1935 Globalization and Modernization to Late Nineteenth Century Omo Sobaloju, sun re oĮthiopia: Intellectual and Cultural Background 䉷 Earl & Nazima Kowall/CORBISĭedicated in affectionate greeting to my father, Kazeem Adegbenro Adejumobi, who lately transcended and joined the ancestors. Behind them is the 12th century rock-hewn Beta Giorgis Church. 10Ĭentral cover image: Ethiopian Orthodox Christians wear ceremonial clothing during the Timkat Festival. The paper used in this book complies with the Permanent Paper Standard issued by the National Information Standards Organization (Z39.48–1984). Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 2006027877 ISBN: 0–313–32273–2 ISSN: 1096–2905 First published in 2007 Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Westport, CT 06881 An imprint of Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. No portion of this book may be reproduced, by any process or technique, without the express written consent of the publisher. DT381.A45 2007 963-dc22 2006027877 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data is available. cm.-(The Greenwood histories of the modern nations, ISSN 1096–2905) Includes bibliographical references and index. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Adejumobi, Saheed A. The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations Frank W. Lombardi Professor of History, University of Florida Littleﬁeld Professor in American History Emeritus, University of Texas at Austin John V. Alexander Professor of History and Russian and European Studies, University of Kansas Robert A.

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