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Intends to seek answers to the following questions: What is the nature of the traditional culture of the dominant ethnic group, the Amhara, and what are its enduring values? What aspects of modern culture interest this society and by what means has it sought to institutionalize them?

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"A superb book." (New Yorker) "Ethiopia's abiding problem is the symbiosis of her autochthonous civilization with the demands of an uncompromising modern world.... Nobody has yet described the dilemma, its origin, its magnitude and possible ways of resolving it with greater ability and understanding." (Times Literary Supplement)"

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      Publisher: University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: 11/1/2014 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780226215440, 978-0226215440
      ISBN10: 022621544X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Intends to seek answers to the following questions: What is the nature of the traditional culture of the dominant ethnic group, the Amhara, and what are its enduring values? What aspects of modern culture interest this society and by what means has it sought to institutionalize them?

      Trade Review
      "A superb book." (New Yorker) "Ethiopia's abiding problem is the symbiosis of her autochthonous civilization with the demands of an uncompromising modern world.... Nobody has yet described the dilemma, its origin, its magnitude and possible ways of resolving it with greater ability and understanding." (Times Literary Supplement)"

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