The Battle of Adwa : African victory in the age of empire / Raymond Jonas.
2011
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Ebrary electronic monographs.
Title
The Battle of Adwa : African victory in the age of empire / Raymond Jonas.
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Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2011.
Description
x, 413 pages : illustrations, maps
Formatted Contents Note
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.
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.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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English
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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2012. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.
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9780674052741 alkaline paper
9780674062795 e-book
9780674062795 e-book
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