{"product_id":"interpreting-the-ethiopian-revolution-imperial-heritage-and-embattled-statehood-contributors-dinka-etana-h-author","title":"Interpreting the Ethiopian Revolution: Imperial Heritage and Embattled Statehood  Contributor(s): Dinka, Etana H (Author)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBiographical Note\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003eEtana H. Dinka is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Miami, where he teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in African history. His research focuses on the late nineteenth and twentieth-century political and environmental history of Ethiopia and the Horn of Africa region. Dr Dinka's latest research articles and reviews were published in peer-reviewed journals, including the Journal of African History, African Studies Review, Northeast African Studies, Georgetown Journal of International Affairs, and the Journal of Oromo Studies. He is the editor of \u003ci\u003eShadows of History: Nationalism, Violence and State Crisis in Ethiopia\u003c\/i\u003e (Red Sea Press, 2025), and is a co-editor and co-translator (along with A. Triulzi and T. Ta'a) of \u003ci\u003eNegotiating Power in Imperial Ethiopia, Wallagga, 1890s-1930s: A History in Documents\u003c\/i\u003e (Naples, IT: Unior Press, 2025).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\"Social revolutions-those great upheavals that transform not only who controls the state but also what class dominates the economy-produce especially long-lasting reverberations. This important collection examines the ways in which the 1974 Ethiopian revolution continues into the present. Required reading for specialists and the general public.\" --\u003ci\u003eDonald L. Donham, distinguished research professor, University of California, Davis, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"More than a half-century after the Ethiopian Revolution, scholars continue to debate its nature and lasting impact. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLegacies, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEtana Dinka has assembled a rich and provocative interdisciplinary collection. With diverse contributions addressing local, regional, national, and international and diasporic iterations of ideology, nationality, ethnicity, land tenure, religion, and political violence, this important book re-instantiates why Abyssinia and Ethiopia occupy a venerable space in African studies scholarship.\" -- \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenjamin N. Lawrance, University of Arizona, USA\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaps\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eList of Abbreviations\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIntroduction: The 1974 Ethiopian Revolution at Fifty \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEtana H. Dinka\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Historical Context and Ideological Underpinnings\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRevolutionary Africa: Historical Patterns of Transformative Rupture \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRichard Reid\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEthiopian Revolution in Broader Perspective: Five Decades On \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Markakis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEthiopia and the Revolution within the Revolution \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJohn Young\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II The Road to the Revolution and Enduring Impacts\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEthiopia's Road to the Revolution \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRandi Rønning Balsvik\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLand Tenure, National Question, and the Road to The Ethiopian Revolution of 1974: The Oromo Factor \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBenti Getahun\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStruggling for Liberation: Revolutionary Iconographies, Local Nationalisms, and Evolving Practices of Resistance \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah Vaughan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Landholding System, State, and Revolution\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLand, People, and the State in Ethiopia: Re-examining the 1975 \"Public Ownership of Rural Lands\" Proclamation \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGutu O. Wayessa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEthiopia's Unsettled Land Questions: Claims of Access, Ownership, and Governance since the 1974 Revolution \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsebe Regassa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Religious Dynamics, Revolution, and the State\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRevolution, Repression, and Revival: The Derg's Impact on Ethiopia's Religions \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eJörg Haustein and Terje Østebø\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBringing Religion Back In: The Ethiopian Revolution and Evangelical Christianity \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEzekiel Gebissa\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Revolution, Ethnonationalism, and the State\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eRevolutionary Ruptures, Regime Changes, and the Oromo Question: A Fifty-year View of the 1974 Unsuccessful Ethiopian Revolution \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAsafa Jalata\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDifferent Shades of Progressivism: The Mobilizations of the Afar People in Response to the Ethiopian Revolution and the Derg Regime, 1974-7 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAramis Houmed Soulé and Éloi Ficquet\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Ethiopian Revolution, Oromo Nationalism, and Environmental Challenges in Oromia \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTesema Ta'a and Deressa Debu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI Revolution and State Reorganization\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 1974 Revolution, the Nationality Question, and Federalism in Ethiopia \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAssefa Fiseha\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStatehood and Plural National Identities: Revolution and Ethiopia's Multinational Federalism (1974-2024) \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEtana H. 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Dinka brings together a who's-who of modern Ethiopian studies in order to offer this long-overdue analysis of the revolution and its legacies. \u003c\/b\u003eWith contributions both from seasoned academics-many of whom wrote about the revolution as it developed-and from representatives of a younger generation, this six-part collection offers new insights not only into the revolution itself, but also into issues such as the Red Terror, the EPRDF revolution of 1991, and Abiy Ahmed's repositioning of Ethiopia after 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSuch wide-ranging analyses cumulatively cast Ethiopia's three successive post-revolution regimes not as separate entities, but rather as successive attempts to fulfil the promise of the revolution surrounding issues such as ethnicity, the nationalities question, economic development, and the land tenure question. In developing this model, the collection captures the defining developments and issues in Ethiopia, the Horn, and the Red Sea region over the past fifty years, and it speaks directly to a global body of knowledge about revolutions; state-making projects and empires; and warfare and military interventions in politics. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA unique collection that expands the historical revolutionary analyses of Ethiopian politics and society to the present in order to suggest new ways of ensuring social, economic, and environmental justice for all, this book is a must-read for researchers and upper-level students interested in Ethiopia, the Horn of Africa, African Studies, and revolutionary politics and land economics in general. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContributor Bio:\u003c\/strong\u003eDinka, Etana H\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEtana H. 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