Peasant revolution in Ethiopia : the Tigray People's Liberation Front, 1975-1991 /
Young, John, 1951-
Peasant revolution in Ethiopia : the Tigray People's Liberation Front, 1975-1991 / John Young. - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, c1997. - xiv, 270 p. : maps ; 23 cm. - African studies series ; 90 . - African studies series ; 91. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-265) and index.
A note on names, transliteration and the Ethiopian Calendar -- 1. Peasants and revolutions: theoretical directions -- 2. Historical and social background -- 3. Tigray on the eve of insurrection -- 4. Struggle for opposition ascendancy: 1975-1978 -- 5. Challenges and advances: 1978-1985 -- 6. Triumph 1985-1991 -- 7. TPLF and the peasants -- 8. Conclusion.
In the wake of the overthrow of the Haile-Selassie regime in Ethiopia in 1974 and the coming to power of the military, a number of opposition forces launched insurrections but only one was successful. Young chronicles the liberation of Tigray.
0521591988 (hc) 9780521591980 (hc)
96049360
Hezbāwi wayāne ḥārenet Tegrāy--History.
Peasant uprisings--History--Ethiopia--Tigray Kifle Hāger--20th century.
Tigray Kifle Hāger (Ethiopia)--Politics and government.
DT390.T5 / Y68 1997
Peasant revolution in Ethiopia : the Tigray People's Liberation Front, 1975-1991 / John Young. - Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, c1997. - xiv, 270 p. : maps ; 23 cm. - African studies series ; 90 . - African studies series ; 91. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-265) and index.
A note on names, transliteration and the Ethiopian Calendar -- 1. Peasants and revolutions: theoretical directions -- 2. Historical and social background -- 3. Tigray on the eve of insurrection -- 4. Struggle for opposition ascendancy: 1975-1978 -- 5. Challenges and advances: 1978-1985 -- 6. Triumph 1985-1991 -- 7. TPLF and the peasants -- 8. Conclusion.
In the wake of the overthrow of the Haile-Selassie regime in Ethiopia in 1974 and the coming to power of the military, a number of opposition forces launched insurrections but only one was successful. Young chronicles the liberation of Tigray.
0521591988 (hc) 9780521591980 (hc)
96049360
Hezbāwi wayāne ḥārenet Tegrāy--History.
Peasant uprisings--History--Ethiopia--Tigray Kifle Hāger--20th century.
Tigray Kifle Hāger (Ethiopia)--Politics and government.
DT390.T5 / Y68 1997