Peasant Revolution in Ethiopia - The Tigray People''s Liberation Front, 1975-1991

Informationen zum Autor John Young is a lecturer in the Naveen Jindal School of Management at the University of Texas at Dallas. He holds a J.D. from Saint Louis University, a master's degree in computer systems technology from Louisiana State University, Shreveport, and a bachelor's degree in architecture from the University of Texas at Arlington. Klappentext This book chronicles the rise to power of the student controlled Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in the northern Ethiopian province of Tigray. Zusammenfassung This book chronicles the rise to power of the student-controlled Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in the northern Ethiopian province of Tigray! who liberated the province from military control in 1989! and in an alliance with local peasants formed an ethnically based coalition! assumed state power in 1991. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements; 1. Peasants and revolutions: theoretical directions; 2. Historical and social background; 3. Tigray on the eve of insurrection; 4. Struggle for opposition ascendancy: 1975-8; 5. Challenges and advances: 1978-85; 6. Triumph: 1985-91; 7. TPLF and the peasants; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: John Young
• Con la collaborazione di: David Anderson (Editore), Carolyn Brown (Editore)
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 20.04.2006
• EAN: 9780521026062
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02606-2
• Pagine: 292
• Serie: African Studies Series
• Categorie: Saggistica > Storia > Altro; Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche e cittadinanza attiva; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia della cultura