The Battle of Adwa : African Victory in the Age of Empire

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Jonas, Raymond, author.

ISBN:

9780674062795

Ek Yazar:

Jonas, Raymond, author.

Fiziksel Tanım:

1 online resource(432p.) : illustrations.

Contents:

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. Courtly Ambitions -- Chapter 2. Listing toward Adwa -- Chapter 3. Italy in Africa -- Chapter 4. The Price of Liberty -- Chapter 5. Black in Service of White -- Chapter 6. Africa in Italy -- Chapter 7. "Something Humiliating for My Kingdom" -- Chapter 8. Menelik’s March -- Chapter 9. Amba Alage -- Chapter 10. Stalled at Sauria -- Chapter 11. Baratieri Chooses -- Chapter 12. Armies Meet -- Chapter 13. The Center Crumbles -- Chapter 14. Despair, Panic, Pursuit -- Chapter 15. The Harvest -- Chapter 16. The Long March -- Chapter 17. Sons and Lovers and Accidental Anthropologists -- Chapter 18. Menelik Abroad -- Chapter 19. Reckonings -- Chapter 20. Rescues -- Chapter 21. Passings -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.

Abstract:

In 1896 a massive Ethiopian army routed an invading Italian force and brought Italy’s conquest of Africa to an end. In defending its independence, Ethiopia cast doubt on the assumption that all Africans would fall under the rule of Europeans, and opened a breach that would lead to the continent’s painful struggle for freedom from colonial rule.

In March 1896 a well-disciplined and massive Ethiopian army did the unthinkable—it routed an invading Italian force and brought Italy’s war of conquest in Africa to an end. In an age of relentless European expansion, Ethiopia had successfully defended its independence and cast doubt upon an unshakable certainty of the age—that sooner or later all Africans would fall under the rule of Europeans. This event opened a breach that would lead, in the aftermath of world war fifty years later, to the continent’s painful struggle for freedom from colonial rule.Raymond Jonas offers the first comprehensive account of this singular episode in modern world history. The narrative is peopled by the ambitious and vain, the creative and the coarse, across Africa, Europe, and the Americas—personalities like Menelik, a biblically inspired provincial monarch who consolidated Ethiopia’s throne; Taytu, his quick-witted and aggressive wife; and the Swiss engineer Alfred Ilg, the emperor’s close advisor. The Ethiopians’ brilliant gamesmanship and savvy public relations campaign helped roll back the Europeanization of Africa.Figures throughout the African diaspora immediately grasped the significance of Adwa, Menelik, and an independent Ethiopia. Writing deftly from a transnational perspective, Jonas puts Adwa in the context of manifest destiny and Jim Crow, signaling a challenge to the very concept of white dominance. By reopening seemingly settled questions of race and empire, the Battle of Adwa was thus a harbinger of the global, unsettled century about to unfold.

Konu Terimleri:

Adwa, Battle of, Adwa, Ethiopia, 1896.

Geschichte Afrikas.

Italo-Ethiopian War, 1895-1896.

HISTORY -- General.

History.

Modern History .

HISTORY -- Europe -- General.

Electronic Access:

http://dx.doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674062795
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In March 1896 a well-disciplined and massive Ethiopian army did the unthinkable-it routed an invading Italian force and brought Italy's war of conquest in Africa to an end. In an age of relentless European expansion, Ethiopia had successfully defended its independence and cast doubt upon an unshakable certainty of the age-that sooner or later all Africans would fall under the rule of Europeans. This event opened a breach that would lead, in the aftermath of world war fifty years later, to the continent's painful struggle for freedom from colonial rule.

Raymond Jonas offers the first comprehensive account of this singular episode in modern world history. The narrative is peopled by the ambitious and vain, the creative and the coarse, across Africa, Europe, and the Americas-personalities like Menelik, a biblically inspired provincial monarch who consolidated Ethiopia's throne; Taytu, his quick-witted and aggressive wife; and the Swiss engineer Alfred Ilg, the emperor's close advisor. The Ethiopians' brilliant gamesmanship and savvy public relations campaign helped roll back the Europeanization of Africa.

Figures throughout the African diaspora immediately grasped the significance of Adwa, Menelik, and an independent Ethiopia. Writing deftly from a transnational perspective, Jonas puts Adwa in the context of manifest destiny and Jim Crow, signaling a challenge to the very concept of white dominance. By reopening seemingly settled questions of race and empire, the Battle of Adwa was thus a harbinger of the global, unsettled century about to unfold.

Author Notes

Jonas Raymond :

Raymond Jonas is Giovanni and Amne Costigan Professor of History at the University of Washington.

Reviews (3)

Publisher's Weekly Review

On March 1, 1896, near the town of Adwa, in Ethiopia, an African army convincingly struck down the colonizing Italian army in a battle that decisively shaped not only the contours of Ethiopia but also its future and that of the continent. As University of Washington historian Jonas so deftly observes in this nimble and artfully crafted work, the events at Adwa cast doubt upon Europeans' unshakeable certainty that Africans would eventually fall under their rule. Jonas draws vibrant portraits of the personalities at the center of these events, from the shrewd Ethiopian monarch Menelik and his bold, aggressive wife, Taytu Betul, to the unfortunate Italian general Oreste Baratieri, the leader of the defeated Italian forces. As Jonas points out, the African victory at Adwa commenced the crumbling of European dominance of Africa; Ethiopia thus became a source of pride and lineage often indistinguishable from Africa itself, and writers such as W.E.B. DuBois based their own model African states on Ethiopia. Weaving a colorful account from the stories of a dazzling array of characters, Jonas skillfully recreates this now mostly forgotten event that determined the color of Africa. 38 b&w illus., 6 maps. (Nov.) (c) Copyright PWxyz, LLC. All rights reserved.

Choice Review

This is the first comprehensive narrative of the Battle of Adwa to emphasize the global significance of the Ethiopian victory over the Italians. Jonas (Univ. of Washington) situates Adwa as an event of world-historical significance at the beginning of African resistance to European colonialism. He makes the daring statement that the single event that changed the tide of European global dominance at the end of the 19th century was not the 1898 US victory over the Spanish in the Philippines, or the 1904-05 Japanese victory over Russia. Rather, it was the event that "took place in 1896 at a place called Adwa." Adwa was an African victory, although the Ethiopians may not have seen it that way. Jonas has brought Adwa into the fold of transnational history, marrying the local and the global in a lively, engaging prose in this excellent exercise in narrative history. Summing Up: Highly recommended. All levels/libraries. T. Tibebu Temple University

Library Journal Review

According to Jonas (history, Univ. of Washington), the 1896 Ethiopian victory over the invading Italians at Adwa was a momentous event that both ended an Italian war of conquest and called into question the inevitability of a European conquest of Africa. Jonas's lucidly woven account masterfully repositions the role of contingency in the unfolding of history and uses the little-known battle to stand for the audacious imperial quest for glory unleashed by Western powers in the "scramble for Africa." VERDICT While Jonas may overplay the importance of his subject, his remarkable cast of characters and insightful prose will be of interest to scholars of African history and issues related to counterinsurgency.-Brian Odom, Pelham P.L., AL (c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.