• ISBN13: 9781847010858
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Religion and Philosophy
• Publisher: James Currey
• Publisher Imprint: James Currey
• Publication Date: January 15, 2014
• Pages: 317
• Original Price: GBP 95.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 572 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Africa / General

In the 20th and 21st centuries, Ethiopia has undergone a long transformation from empire to modern nation state. This book reveals the fundamental role of the student movement in the overthrow of imperial power in the late 1960s and 1970s, and the shaping of the agenda for the country's new constitution.

Zewde, Bahru: - Bahru Zewde is Emeritus Professor of History at Addis Ababa University and founding Fellow and Vice President of the Ethiopian Academy of Sciences. He has authored many books and articles, notably A History of Modern Ethiopia, 1855-1974, Pioneers of Change in Ethiopia: The Reformist Intellectuals of the Early Twentieth Century and The Quest for Socialist Utopia, finalist for the Bethwell A. Ogot Book Prize, 2015.