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""One of the lesser-acknowledged outcomes of [Eritrea's] travails is that its historical trajectory has been neglected by scholars in favor of presentist concerns with the incumbent regime. Joseph L. Venosa's Paths toward the Nation is a refreshing and innovative exception to that trend, a powerful exemplar of the insights which can be provided by sustained, cogent, and indeed courageous historical research into the most complex and shadowed of places."" -American Historical Review In the early and mid-1940s, during the period of British wartime occupation, community and religious leaders in the former Italian colony of Eritrea engaged in a course of intellectual and political debate that marked the beginnings of a genuine national consciousness across the region. During the late 1940s and 1950s, the scope of these concerns slowly expanded as the nascent nationalist movement brought together these Muslim activists with the increasingly disaffected community of Eritrean Christians. The Eritrean Muslim League emerged as the first genuine proindependence organization in the country to challenge both the Ethiopian government's calls for annexation and international plans to partition Eritrea between Sudan and Ethiopia. The league and its supporters also contributed to the expansion of Eritrea's civil society, formulating the first substantial arguments about what made Eritrea an inherently separate national entity. These concepts were essential to the later transition from peaceful political protest to armed rebellion against Ethiopian occupation. Paths toward the Nation is the first study to focus exclusively on Eritrea's nationalist movement before the start of the armed struggle in 1961.

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Author:   Joseph L. Venosa
Publisher:   Ohio University Press
Imprint:   Ohio University Press
Volume:   93
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 53.40cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.318kg
ISBN:  

9780896802896

ISBN 10:   0896802892
Pages:   312
Publication Date:   15 May 2014
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

* List of Illustrations * Acknowledgments * Abbreviations * Note on Language, Terminology, and Translation * Introduction Islam, Community, and the Cultural Politics of Eritrean Nationalism * 1. Early Rumblings: Muslim Activism in British-Occupied Eritrea, April 1941-November 1946 * 2. Founding Success: The Muslim League and the Early Nationalist Movement, November 1946-December 1947 * 3. Navigating Rough Seas: The Muslim League's Internal Challenges, January 1948-September 1949 * 4. Maintaining Momentum: The Muslim League and Its Rivals, September 1949-December 1950 * 5. Holding the Line: Institutional Autonomy and Political Representation on the Federation's Eve, December 1951-September 1952 * 6. Struggling for Autonomy: The Disintegrating Federation, October 1952-December 1957 * 7. New Beginnings at the Federation's End: Muslim Mobilization, Popular Resistance, and Diaspora Activism, January 1958-September 1961 * Epilogue * Notes * Glossary * Selected Bibliography * Index

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This book is of interest to a wide range of readers...Joseph Venosa skillfully discusses [Eritrean political processes], bringing them together into a broadly based narrative through which we can see evolution of a complex road towards Eritrean independence and how the Muslims in Eritrea have become part of its national consciousness. -The Historian

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Joseph L. Venosa is an assistant professor of African history at Salisbury University in Salisbury, Maryland.

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