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Greater Ethiopia : the Evolution of a Multiethnic Society

Greater Ethiopia combines history, anthropology, and sociology to answer two major questions. Why did Ethiopia remain independent under the onslaught of European expansionism while other African political entities were colonized? And why must Ethiopia be considered a single cultural region despite its political, religious, and linguistic diversity? Donald Levine's interdisciplinary study makes a substantial contribution both to Ethiopian interpretive history and to sociological analysis. In his new preface, Levine examines Ethiopia since the overthrow of the monarchy in the
eBook, English, 2014
University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 2014
1 online resource (259 pages)
9780226229676, 022622967X
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