Young, John,  1951- <br/><br/>
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. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 248-265) and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0521591988 (hc) 9780521591980 (hc) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>96049360 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Hezbāwi wayāne ḥārenet Tegrāy--History.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Peasant uprisings--History--Ethiopia--Tigray Kifle Hāger--20th century.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Tigray Kifle Hāger (Ethiopia)--Politics and government.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>DT390.T5  / Y68 1997