book chapter

The government of Ethiopia

Oxford University PressNew YorkPublished In 1948 • Pages:

By: Perham, Margery Freda.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is a general treatment of the government of Ethiopia, with special chapters on its various regions. Only three chapters, which have special bearing on the Amhara, have been processed for this file. One treats provinces in general: provincial divisions before 1935 and the population. The others treat the Northern Provinces in particular: the emperor, the governor, and the village chief; and land tenure and tribute. The author has been especially concerned with presenting conditions as they were in 1935 prior to the Italian conquest, with additional data to bring her information up to 1945 conditions. Although only a portion of the book has been processed, the remainder is useful for its historical treatment of the political setting in which the Amhara are found.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
History
Composition of population
Provinces
Chief executive
Real property
Taxation and public income
Community heads
Exploitation
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Amhara
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1998
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
book chapter
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Social Anthropologist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
George R. Bedell ; 1959
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
no date
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1290-1939
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Ethiopia
NotesAdditional notes
by Margery Perham
Only pp. 262-292 are included in the Amhara file
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
48016238
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Amhara (African people)