The Battle of Adwa African victory in the age of empire
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| Format: | Elektronisch E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass.
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
2011
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| Online-Zugang: | DE-1046 DE-1047 Volltext |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index 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 |
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| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (x, 413 p.) |
| ISBN: | 0674052749 0674062795 9780674052741 9780674062795 |