The Quest for Socialist Utopia

The Quest for Socialist Utopia

Bahru Zewde

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Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Año de edición:
2014
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9781847010858
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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.

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