Greater Ethiopia: The Evolution of a Multiethnic Society

Greater Ethiopia combines history, anthropology, and sociology to answer two major questions. Why did Ethiopia remain independent under the onslaught of European expansionism while other African political entities were colonized? And why must Ethiopia be considered a single cultural region despite its political, religious, and linguistic diversity?

Donald Levine's interdisciplinary study makes a substantial contribution both to Ethiopian interpretive history and to sociological analysis. In his new preface, Levine examines Ethiopia since the overthrow of the monarchy in the 1970s.

"Ethiopian scholarship is in Professor Levine's debt. . . . He has performed an important task with panache, urbanity, and learning."-Edward Ullendorff, Times Literary Supplement

"Upon rereading this book, it strikes the reader how broad in scope, how innovative in approach, and how stimulating in arguments this book was when it came out. . . . In the past twenty years it has inspired anthropological and historical research, stimulated theoretical debate about Ethiopia's cultural and historical development, and given the impetus to modern political thinking about the complexities and challenges of Ethiopia as a country. The text thus easily remains an absolute must for any Ethiopianist scholar to read and digest."-J. Abbink, Journal of Modern African Studies

Author: Donald N. Levine
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 05/01/2000
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.60lbs
Size: 8.54h x 5.32w x 0.59d
ISBN: 9780226475615

About the Author
Levine, Donald N.: - Donald N. Levine (1931-2015) was the Peter B. Ritzma Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of Chicago, where he served as dean of the College from 1982 to 1987.