Remapping Ethiopia
Edited by W. JAMES, D. DONHAM, E. KURIMOTO & A. TRIULZI
Southern Marches of Imperial Ethiopia
Edited by DONALD D. DONHAM & WENDY JAMES
A History of Modern Ethiopia 1855–1991
A History of Modern Ethiopia 1855–1991
SECOND EDITION
Bahru Zewde
Professor of History
Addis Ababa University
James Currey OXFORD
Ohio University Press ATHENS
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© Bahru Zewde 1991 and 2001
First published 1991
Second impression 1993
Second edition 2001
2 3 4 5 05
eBook edition published 2016
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British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
Bahru Zewde
A history of modern Ethiopia, 1855-1991. - 2nd ed. - (Eastern African studies)
1. Ethiopia. History - 19th century 2. Ethiopia - History - 20th century
I. Title
963'.05
ISBN 0-85255-786-8 (James Currey paper)
Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication Data is available
ISBN 0-8214-1440-2 (Ohio University Press paper)
Maps by Katherine Kirkwood
Typeset in 10/12pt Baskerville by Colset Pte Ltd Singapore and revisions to second edition by Longhouse Publishing Services, Cumbria
Printed and bound in Britain
by Woolnough, Irthlingborough
ISBN 978-1-78204-786-5 (James Currey ePub eISBN)
ISBN 978-1-78204-986-9 (James Currey ePDF eISBN)
ISBN 978-0-8214-4572-3 (Ohio University Press eISBN)
To Kaleb
Contents
1. The internal scene in the first half of the nineteenth century
States and peoples of southern Ethiopia
2. Unification and Independence 1855-1896
1. The first response: Kasa - Tewodros
