GOVERNMENT OF ETHIOPIA, Margery PERHAM, Faber 1948 1st Edition. Haile Selassie

Description: THE GOVERNMENT OF ETHIOPIA MARGERY PERHAM FABER 1948 1st edition. 22 x 14 cm. xxiii + 481 pp + 3 maps (2 folding). HB/DJ “In spite of all we have heard about Ethiopia from journalists and travellers in recent years, this country still remains only partially revealed. Yet an informed and wisely directed British policy towards this African kingdom is more necessary to-day than ever before. We are closely concerned: Ethiopia was freed by Commonwealth armies; British Somaliland and Kenya are its near neighbours; the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan marches with its western border ; and we still administer the former Italian colonies, north and south of Ethiopia to which she lays claim. Ethiopia's claims and our relations with her raise questions which must be answered. Is she ready to shoulder the new responsibilities she wishes to assume? Is her Government sufficiently stable, solvent, efficient, humane? How has she dealt with her own internal problems, with slaves, serfs and rases? What are the Emperor's powers and the objects of his policy ? Can the history of the country explain her character and development? The pressing need to provide British readers with answers to these and other queries has led Miss Perham, Fellow of Nuffield College, Reader in Colonial Administration in the University of Oxford, and one of our greatest experts on Africa and Colonial affairs, to prepare this book. It is the first serious and scholarly attempt which has "Seen made to bring together the evidence bearing upon the political structure of Ethiopia. Miss Perham deals in turn with each important aspect of the Ethiopian state, the Imperial Power, Justice, the Church, the Army, Finance, and Provincial administration, describing them as they were in the past, as they were on the eve of the Italian invasion and —as far as evidence can be gained—as they are to-day. This study brings out all the fascination and strangeness of this ancient country, and the dominating personality and ideas of an Emperor whose authority derives from his descent from Solomon. The book contains a historical introduction, a supplementary section on Ethiopia's boundaries and present claims to expansion, some documentary appendices, three maps, and a bibliography. 30s.” From the dust jacket. THE GOVERNMENT OF ETHIOPIA MARGERY PERHAM FABER & FABER 1948 First edition. “In spite of all we have heard about Ethiopia from journalists and travellers in recent years, this country still remains only partially revealed. Yet an informed and wisely directed British policy towards this African kingdom is more necessary to-day than ever before. We are closely concerned: Ethiopia was freed by Commonwealth armies; British Somaliland and Kenya are its near neighbours; the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan marches with its western border ; and we still administer the former Italian colonies, north and south of Ethiopia to which she lays claim. Ethiopia's claims and our relations with her raise questions which must be answered. Is she ready to shoulder the new responsibilities she wishes to assume? Is her Government sufficiently stable, solvent, efficient, humane? How has she dealt with her own internal problems, with slaves, serfs and rases? What are the Emperor's powers and the objects of his policy? Can the history of the country explain her character and development? The pressing need to provide British readers with answers to these and other queries has led Miss Perham, Fellow of Nuffield College, Reader in Colonial Administration in the University of Oxford, and one of our greatest experts on Africa and Colonial affairs, to prepare this book. It is the first serious and scholarly attempt which has "Seen made to bring together the evidence bearing upon the political structure of Ethiopia. Miss Perham deals in turn with each important aspect of the Ethiopian state, the Imperial Power, Justice, the Church, the Army, Finance, and Provincial administration, describing them as they were in the past, as they were on the eve of the Italian invasion and —as far as evidence can be gained—as they are to-day. This study brings out all the fascination and strangeness of this ancient country, and the dominating personality and ideas of an Emperor whose authority derives from his descent from Solomon. The book contains a historical introduction, a supplementary section on Ethiopia's boundaries and present claims to expansion, some documentary appendices, three maps, and a bibliography. 30s.” From the dust jacket. 22 x 14 cm. xxiii + 481 pp + 3 maps (2 folding). Very good condition, dust jacket worn and age tanned, with some loss (now in protective cover). Mild foxing to the page edges and endpapers, previous owner's name on the front free endpaper. Get images that make Supersized seem small. THE simple solution for eBay sellers.

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