TY - BOOK AU - Donham, Donald L. TI - Marxist modern: an ethnographic history of the Ethiopian revolution SN - 9780852552643 U1 - 963.05DON PY - 1999/// CY - Berkeley PB - University of California Press KW - Communism--Ethiopia--Gamo Gofa Kifle Hāger--History--20th century N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-228) and index N2 - Modernity has become a keyword in a number of recent intellectual discussions. In this book, Donald L. Donham shows that similar debates have long occurred, particularly among peoples located on the margins of world power and wealth. Based on extensive fieldwork in Ethiopia?conducted over a twenty-year period?Marxist Modern provides a cultural history of the Ethiopian revolution that highlights the role of modernist ideas ER -