From Poverty to Famine in Northeast Ethiopia: A Rural History, 19-1935

James McCann

Published by University of Pennsylvania Press 1987

From Poverty to Famine in Northeast Ethiopia

A Rural History, 19-1935

James McCann

In the series Anniversary Collection

In the series The Ethnohistory Series

https://doi.org/10.9783/9781512804409

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This comprehensive description of northern Wallo's historical experience sheds light on the nature of social change and continuity and the persistence of famine throughout northern Ethiopia.

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McCann James :

James McCann is Professor of History and Associate Director of the African Studies Center at Boston University.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	I
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	VII
Maps, Illustrations, and Table Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	IX
List of Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	X
Transliteration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	XI
Preface and Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
Part One. Land, Society, and Production
1. The Context of Local History: Demography and Ecology in Northern Wallo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2. Ershe Balahu: Rural Society and Production in Northern Wallo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	39
3. The Farm Economy of Northern Wallo: Oxen, Trade, and the Production Equation Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	68
4. Historical Tradition and Moral Order Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	89
Part Two. Northern Wallo and the Imperial System
5. The Localization of Empire: Northern Wallo in the Empire State, 1900-1920 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	109
6. The State and Rural Society in Northern Wallo: Households and the Imperial Order Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
7. The Dynamics of Rural Rebellion: Northern Resistance to the New Imperial Polity, 1928-1935 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
8. Peasants and Paupers: The impoverishment of the Household Economy in Northern Wallo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Epilogue: The Future of Northern Wallo’s Economy: Evidence from post-1935 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	199
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	221

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Language: English
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Edition: Reprint 2016
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 265
Illustrations
- Other: 9 illus.
Keywords: African-American Studies; African Studies; Middle Eastern Studies; Asian Studies; Anthropology; Folklore; Linguistics

eBook

Published: November 11, 2016
ISBN: 9781512804409