Format:
1 online resource (432 pages)
ISBN:
9780674062795
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- Maps and Illustrations -- Introduction -- I. The Road to Adwa -- 1. Courtly Ambitions -- 2. Listing toward Adwa -- 3. Italy in Africa -- 4. The Price of Liberty -- 5. Black in Service of White -- 6. Africa in Italy -- 7. "Something Humiliating for My Kingdom" -- II. The Battle -- 8. Menelik's March -- 9. Amba Alage -- 10. Stalled at Sauria -- 11. Baratieri Chooses -- 12. Armies Meet -- 13. The Center Crumbles -- III. Aftermaths -- 14. Despair, Panic, Pursuit -- 15. The Harvest -- 16. The Long March -- 17. Sons and Lovers and Accidental Anthropologists -- 18. Menelik Abroad -- 19. Reckonings -- 20. Rescues -- 21. Passings -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
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Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
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pt. 1. The road to AdwaCourtly ambitions -- Listing toward Adwa -- Italy in Africa -- The price of liberty -- Black in service of white -- Africa in Italy -- "Something humiliating for my kingdom" -- pt. 2. The battle -- Menelik's march -- Amba Alage -- Stalled at Sauria -- Baratieri chooses -- Armies meet -- The center crumbles -- pt. 3. Aftermaths -- Despair, panic, pursuit -- The harvest -- The long march -- Sons and lovers and accidental anthropologists -- Menelik abroad -- Reckonings -- Rescues -- Passings.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780674052741
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780674052741
Language:
English
Subjects:
History
Keywords:
Afrika
;
Schlacht von Adua
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3301007
