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The Quest for Socialist Utopia - The Ethiopian Student Movement, c. 1960-1974 (Paperback)
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The Quest for Socialist Utopia - The Ethiopian Student Movement, c. 1960-1974 (Paperback)
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A lively historical account of the rise of Ethiopia's student
movement by one of those involved, its role in overthrowing the
imperial regime, and its impact on the shaping of the country's
future. Finalist for the Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize to the author
of the best book on East African Studies, 2015. In the second half
of the 1960s and the early 1970s, the Ethiopian student movement
became the major oppositionforce against the imperial regime in
Ethiopia, ultimately playing a fundamental role in the shaping of
the country's future political and social development. Bahru Zewde,
one of the students involved in the uprising, draws on interviews
with former student leaders and activists, as well as documentary
sources, to describe the steady radicalisation of the movement,
characterised particularly after 1965 by annual demonstrations
against the regime and culminating in the ascendancy of
Marxism-Leninism by the early 1970s. In 1969, the students broached
what came to be famously known as the "national question",
ultimately resulting in the adoption of the Leninist/Stalinist
principle of self-determination up to and including secession. On
the eve of the revolution, the student movement abroad split into
two rival factions - a split that would ultimately lead to the
liquidation of both and the consolidation of military dictatorship.
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 and Pioneers of
Change in Ethiopia: The Reformist Intellectuals of the Early
Twentieth Century. Ethiopia: Addis Ababa University Press
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Imprint: |
James Currey
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Series: |
Eastern Africa Series |
Release date: |
April 2017 |
First published: |
2014 |
Authors: |
Bahru Zewde
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Dimensions: |
216 x 140 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
317 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-84701-164-0 |
Categories: |
Books >
Social sciences >
Politics & government >
Political activism >
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LSN: |
1-84701-164-0 |
Barcode: |
9781847011640 |
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