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Article: The Making of Modern Ethiopia, 1896-1974.
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- January 1, 1998
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TESHALE TIBEBU, The Making of Modern Ethiopia, 1896-1974. Trenton, N.J.: Red Sea Press 1995, 273 pp., 12.99 [pounds sterling] ($16.95), ISBN 1 56902 000 9.
Given the contemporary debates in and about Ethiopia,--particularly on the political articulation of regional and linguistic identity--new literature on the country, whether fictional or academic, is likely to be concerned in large part with reinterpreting the country's modern history. Each book in this exceedingly heterogeneous selection in its own way attempts to reinterpret the past whilst offering insights into the economic factors constraining the future.
The Making of Modern Ethiopia by an ...