People of the Plow
Author | : James McCann |
Publisher | : Univ of Wisconsin Press |
Total Pages | : 326 |
Release | : 1995-07-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780299146108 |
For more than two thousand years, Ethiopia’s ox-plow agricultural system was the most efficient and innovative in Africa, but has been afflicted in the recent past by a series of crises: famine, declining productivity, and losses in biodiversity. James C. McCann analyzes the last two hundred years of agricultural history in Ethiopia to determine whether the ox-plow agricultural system has adapted to population growth, new crops, and the challenges of a modern political economy based in urban centers. This agricultural history is set in the context of the larger environmental and landscape history of Ethiopia, showing how farmers have integrated crops, tools, and labor with natural cycles of rainfall and soil fertility, as well as with the social vagaries of changing political systems. McCann traces characteristic features of Ethiopian farming, such as the single-tine scratch plow, which has retained a remarkably consistent design over two millennia, and a crop repertoire that is among the most genetically diverse in the world. People of the Plow provides detailed documentation of Ethiopian agricultural practices since the early nineteenth century by examining travel narratives, early agricultural surveys, photographs and engravings, modern farming systems research, and the testimony of farmers themselves, collected during McCann’s five years of fieldwork. He then traces the ways those practices have evolved in the twentieth century in response to population growth, urban markets, and the presence of new technologies.
Ethiopic, an African Writing System
Author | : Ayele Bekerie |
Publisher | : The Red Sea Press |
Total Pages | : 196 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : 9781569020210 |
A groundbreaking book about the history and principles of Ethiopic (Ge'ez), an African writing system designed as a meaningful and graphic representation of a wide range of knowledge.
A History of Ethiopia
Author | : Harold G. Marcus |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2023-11-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520925424 |
In this eminently readable, concise history of Ethiopia, Harold Marcus surveys the evolution of the oldest African nation from prehistory to the present. For the updated edition, Marcus has written a new preface, two new chapters, and an epilogue, detailing the development and implications of Ethiopia as a Federal state and the war with Eritrea.
African History: A Very Short Introduction
Author | : John Parker |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 185 |
Release | : 2007-03-22 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0192802488 |
Intended for those interested in the African continent and the diversity of human history, this work looks at Africa's past and reflects on the changing ways it has been imagined and represented. It illustrates key themes in modern thinking about Africa's history with a range of historical examples.
The Invention of Somalia
Author | : Ali Jimale Ahmed |
Publisher | : The Red Sea Press |
Total Pages | : 288 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780932415998 |
This study analyses the basic assumptions which,had informed the construction of the now,discredited Somali myth.,.
The Invention of Tradition
Author | : Eric Hobsbawm |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 1992-07-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780521437738 |
This book explores examples of this process of invention and addresses the complex interaction of past and present in a fascinating study of ritual and symbolism.
The Invention of Ethiopia
Author | : Bonnie K. Holcomb |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 450 |
Release | : 1990 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780932415585 |