| Description |
x, 413 p. : ill., maps. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
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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Adwa, Battle of, Adwa, Ethiopia, 1896.
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Italo-Ethiopian War, 1895-1896.
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Italy -- Foreign relations -- Ethiopia.
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Ethiopia -- Foreign relations -- Italy.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9780674052741 (alk. paper) |
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9780674062795 (electronic bk.) |
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