نبرد آدوا: پیروزی آفریقایی در عصر امپراتوری

In March 1896 a well-disciplined and massive Ethiopian army did the unthinkable--it routed an invading Italian force and brought Italy's war of conquest in Africa to an end. In an age of relentless European expansion, Ethiopia had successfully defended its independence and cast doubt upon an unshakable certainty of the age--that sooner or later all Africans would fall under the rule of Europeans. This event opened a breach that would lead, in the aftermath of world war fifty years later, to the continent's painful struggle for freedom from colonial rule. Raymond Jonas offers the first comprehensive account of this singular episode in modern world history. The narrative is peopled by the ambitious and vain, the creative and the coarse, across Africa, Europe, and the Americas--personalities like Menelik, a biblically inspired provincial monarch who consolidated Ethiopia's throne; Taytu, his quick-witted and aggressive wife; and the Swiss engineer Alfred Ilg, the emperor's close advisor. The Ethiopians' brilliant gamesmanship and savvy public relations campaign helped roll back the Europeanization of Africa. Figures throughout the African diaspora immediately grasped the significance of Adwa, Menelik, and an independent Ethiopia. Writing deftly from a transnational perspective, Jonas puts Adwa in the context of manifest destiny and Jim Crow, signaling a challenge to the very concept of white dominance. By reopening seemingly settled questions of race and empire, the Battle of Adwa was thus a harbinger of the global, unsettled century about to unfold Contents Maps and Illustrations Introduction Part I. The Road to Adwa Chapter 1. Courtly Ambitions Chapter 2. Listing toward Adwa Chapter 3. Italy in Africa Chapter 4. The Price of Liberty Chapter 5. Black in Service of White Chapter 6. Africa in Italy Chapter 7. “Something Humiliating for My Kingdom” Part II. The Battle Chapter 8. Menelik’s March Chapter 9. Amba Alage Chapter 10. Stalled at Sauria Chapter 11. Baratieri Chooses Chapter 12. Armies Meet Chapter 13. The Center Crumbles Part III. Aftermaths Chapter 14. Despair, Panic, Pursuit Chapter 15. The Harvest Chapter 16. The Long March Chapter 17. Sons and Lovers and Accidental Anthropologists Chapter 18. Menelik Abroad Chapter 19. Reckonings Chapter 20. Rescues Chapter 21. Passings Notes Acknowledgments Index pt. 1. The road to Adwa Courtly ambitions Listing toward Adwa Italy in Africa The price of liberty Black in service of white Africa in Italy "Something humiliating for my kingdom" pt. 2. The battle Menelik's march Amba Alage Stalled at Sauria Baratieri chooses Armies meet The center crumbles pt. 3. Aftermaths Despair, panic, pursuit The harvest The long march Sons and lovers and accidental anthropologists Menelik abroad Reckonings Rescues Passings. In 1896 a massive Ethiopian army routed an invading Italian force and brought Italy’s conquest of Africa to an end. In defending its independence, Ethiopia cast doubt on the assumption that all Africans would fall under the rule of Europeans, and opened a breach that would lead to the continent’s painful struggle for freedom from colonial rule.