TY - BOOK ID - 79239015 TI - Conquest and resistance in the Ethiopian empire, 1880-1974 PY - 2014 SN - 9789004258136 9789004265486 9004265481 9004258132 PB - Boston DB - UniCat KW - History of Africa KW - anno 1800-1999 KW - Ethiopia KW - Central-local government relations KW - Social structure KW - Oromo (African people) KW - Arsi (African people) KW - Imperialism. KW - Colonialism KW - Empires KW - Expansion (United States politics) KW - Neocolonialism KW - Political science KW - Anti-imperialist movements KW - Caesarism KW - Chauvinism and jingoism KW - Militarism KW - Arisi (African people) KW - Arssi (African people) KW - Arusi (African people) KW - Arussi (African people) KW - Ethnology KW - Gala (African people) KW - Galla (African people) KW - Gallas KW - Orma (African people) KW - Cushites KW - Organization, Social KW - Social organization KW - Anthropology KW - Sociology KW - Social institutions KW - Center-periphery government relations KW - Local-central government relations KW - Local government-central government relations KW - Decentralization in government KW - Federal government KW - Politics and government. KW - History KW - Politics and government KW - Ethnic relations. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:79239015 AB - This work examines the philosophical origins of Oromo egalitarian and democratic thoughts and practice, the Gadaa-Qaalluu system, kinship organization, the introduction and spread of Islam and the consequent socio-cultural change. It sheds light on the advent of the Ethiopian empire under Menelik II, its conquests and Arsi Oromo fierce resistance (1880-1900), the nature and legacy of Ethiopian imperial polity, centre-periphery relations, feudal political economy and its impacts on the newly conquered regions with a focus on Arsi Oromo country. The book also analyzes the root causes of the national political crisis including, but not limited to, the attempts at transforming the empire-state to a nation-state around a single culture, contested definition of national identity and state legitimacy, grievance narratives, uprisings, the birth and development of competing nationalisms as well as the limitations of the current ethnic federalism to address the national question in Ethiopia. ER -