Acknowledgements; 1. Peasants and revolutions: theoretical directions; 2. Historical and social background; 3. Tigray on the eve of insurrection; 4. Struggle for opposition ascendancy: 1975–8; 5. Challenges and advances: 1978–85; 6. Triumph: 1985–91; 7. TPLF and the peasants; 8. Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
This book chronicles the rise to power of the student controlled Tigray People's Liberation Front (TPLF) in the northern Ethiopian province of Tigray.
"...interesting and stimulating...Peasant Revolution is the first extended and theoretically anchored study that seeks to explore the historical, social, and political forces that led to the birth, growth, and victory of the Tigray People's Liberation Front, and it is a considerable achievement...a significant contribution to peasant studies." International Journal of African Historical Studies "John Young has done a fine job presenting a most fascinating case." Stephen F. Burgess, Political Science Quarterly
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