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STATE BUILDING, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, AND THE MAKING OF A FRONTIER REGIME IN NORTHEASTERN ETHIOPIA, c. 1944–75
Luca Puddusubject
HistorySomalia050204 development studiesmedia_common.quotation_subject0507 social and economic geographyState buildingCottonEritrea050701 cultural studiesPoliticsFrontierState (polity)Sovereignty0502 economics and businessAwsadevelopmentmedia_common05 social sciencesterritoryEmpireGrey literatureState-buildinglandpoliticGeographyEconomyDjiboutiEthiopiaChiefdomdescription
AbstractCombining a set of grey literature and primary sources, this article analyses the rise and fall of the sultanate of Awsa, northeastern Ethiopia, between 1944 and 1975. Ali Mirah exploited the typical repertoires of a frontier regime to consolidate a semi-independent Muslim chiefdom at the fringes of the Christian empire of Ethiopia. Foreign investors in commercial agriculture provided the sultanate and its counterparts within the Ethiopian state with tangible and intangible resources that shaped the quest for statecraft in the Lower Awash Valley.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-02-12 |