Why was Ethiopia not colonized during the late-nineteenth century 'Scramble for Africa'?

TY - CHAP

T1 - Why was Ethiopia not colonized during the late-nineteenth century 'Scramble for Africa'?

AU - 't Hart, M.

PY - 2016

Y1 - 2016

N2 - Explanation why Ethiopia was not conquered by European states in a time when they easily invaded almost all other remaining independent countries in Africa. The reason is found in an age-long sound agricultural structure, enabled by favorable environmental conditions, and a concomitant age-long process of state-formation.

AB - Explanation why Ethiopia was not conquered by European states in a time when they easily invaded almost all other remaining independent countries in Africa. The reason is found in an age-long sound agricultural structure, enabled by favorable environmental conditions, and a concomitant age-long process of state-formation.

KW - State Formation, Global History, Africa, Colonization

M3 - Chapter

SN - 978-1-107-10470-9

SN - 978-1-107-50718-0

SP - 351

EP - 352

BT - A history of the global economy: from 1500 to the present

A2 - Baten, Joerg

PB - Cambridge University Press

CY - Cambridge

ER -