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Table of Contents:

• Preface
• Introduction
• Gult and the state, 1200-1540
• "Man is free; land is tributary"
• Gondär, 1632-1721: order and disorder
• Mentewwab, "how beautiful she is!" 1721-69
• The leadership of Gälawdäwos: family and property in Gondärine Ethiopia: the era of the princes
• Church, land, and society in Gondärine Ethiopia: institutional grants
• Church, land, and society in Gondärine Ethiopia: private transfers
• Gult and the reconstruction of the monarchy, 1868-1910
• Transformations: state, land, and society
• Afterword
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index.

Author/Creator:

Crummey, Donald

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Land and society in the Christian Kingdom of Ethiopia: from the thirteenth to the twentieth century [by Crummey, D.]

Subjects:

Land tenure — Social aspects — Ethiopia — History

Land tenure — Political aspects — Ethiopia — History

Ethiopia — Social conditions

Ethiopia — History

Land tenure — Social aspects

Land tenure

Land tenure — Political aspects

Social conditions

Ethiopia

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-355) and index.

Physical Description:

xv, 373 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Call Numbers:

HD979 .C78 2000

ISBNs:

0252024826 (alk. paper)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

99006218

OCLC Numbers:

40964665