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Colonial Powers and Ethiopian Frontiers 1880–1884

Acta Aethiopica Volume Iv

Samuel Rubenson editor Sven Rubenson editor Amsalu Aklilu editor Shiferaw Bekele editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Lund University Press,Sweden

Published:19th Apr '21

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Colonial Powers and Ethiopian Frontiers 1880–1884 cover

Colonial powers and Ethiopian frontiers 1880–1884 is the fourth volume of Acta Aethiopica, a series that presents original Ethiopian documents of nineteenth-century Ethiopian history with English translations and scholarly notes. The documents have been collected from dozens of archives in Africa and Europe to recover and present the Ethiopian voice in the history of Ethiopia in the nineteenth century. The present book, the first Acta Aethiopica volume to appear from Lund University Press, deals with how Ethiopian rulers related to colonial powers in their attempts to open Ethiopia for trade and technological development while preserving the integrity and independence of their country. In addition to the correspondence and treatises with the rulers and representatives of Italy, Egypt and Great Britain, the volume also presents letters dealing with ecclesiastical issues, including the Ethiopian community in Jerusalem.

An electronic edition of this book is freely available under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND) licence.

'Colonial powers and Ethiopian frontiers represents the entirely successful continuation of an important project. Like its predecessors, it will be welcomed and closely studied by researchers, teachers, and students of Ethiopian history.'
Jacob Wiebel, The Journal of African History

ISBN: 9789198469967

Dimensions: 240mm x 170mm x 25mm

Weight: 866g

312 pages