| Description |
x, 413 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
pt. I. 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. II. The battle : Menelik's march ; Amba Alage ; Stalled at Sauria ; Baratieri chooses ; Armies meet ; The center crumbles -- pt. III. Aftermaths : Despair, panic, pursuit ; The harvest ; The long march ; Sons and lovers and accidental anthropologists ; Menelik abroad ; Reckonings ; Rescues ; Passings. |
| Subject |
Adwa, Battle of, Adwa, Ethiopia, 1896.
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Italo-Ethiopian War, 1895-1896.
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Menelik II, Negus of Ethiopia, 1844-1913.
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Taitu, Empress, consort of Menelik II, Negus of Ethiopia, d. 1918.
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Italy -- Foreign relations -- Ethiopia.
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Ethiopia -- Foreign relations -- Italy.
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| ISBN |
9780674052741 (alk. paper) |
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0674052749 (alk. paper) |
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