" ... an excellent, comprehensive account of the Ethiopian revolution ... essential for anyone who wishes to understand revolutionary Ethiopia." Perspective "This masterly history deals with the Emperor and the Dergue ... on their own terms... [Keller] buttresses his analysis with careful and useful detail." Foreign Affairs "Keller's analytic grasp of the complex features of Ethiopian history and society from a wide range of sources is remarkable." African Affairs

• List of Tables AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Revolutionary EthiopiaPart One: Toward a Theory of the Revolutionary Transformation of the Ethiopian EmpireChapter I Ethiopia as a Bureaucratic EmpireChapter II The Structure of PoliticsChapter III Policy and the Politics of Survival in the Absolutist StateChapter IV The Political Economy of a Modernizing Bureaucratic EmpirePart Two: The Genesis of RevolutionChapter V Development and Social Contradictions, The Seeds of RevolutionChapter VI Politics, Economics, and Class Conflict, The Precipitating Causes of RevolutionPart Three: Revolution in the Revolution: The Dilemmas of the New OrderChapter VII The Quest for a New Social MythChapter VIII Socialism from Above?, Power Consolidation in a "Soft State"Chapter IX Toward Economic SocializationChapter X Feudalism Is Dead! Long Live Dependence!Notes Index

" ... an excellent, comprehensive account of the Ethiopian revolution ... essential for anyone who wishes to understand revolutionary Ethiopia." Perspective "This masterly history deals with the Emperor and the Dergue ... on their own terms... [Keller] buttresses his analysis with careful and useful detail." Foreign Affairs "Keller's analytic grasp of the complex features of Ethiopian history and society from a wide range of sources is remarkable." African Affairs

• List of Tables AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Revolutionary EthiopiaPart One: Toward a Theory of the Revolutionary Transformation of the Ethiopian EmpireChapter I Ethiopia as a Bureaucratic EmpireChapter II The Structure of PoliticsChapter III Policy and the Politics of Survival in the Absolutist StateChapter IV The Political Economy of a Modernizing Bureaucratic EmpirePart Two: The Genesis of RevolutionChapter V Development and Social Contradictions, The Seeds of RevolutionChapter VI Politics, Economics, and Class Conflict, The Precipitating Causes of RevolutionPart Three: Revolution in the Revolution: The Dilemmas of the New OrderChapter VII The Quest for a New Social MythChapter VIII Socialism from Above?, Power Consolidation in a "Soft State"Chapter IX Toward Economic SocializationChapter X Feudalism Is Dead! Long Live Dependence!Notes Index

" ... an excellent, comprehensive account of the Ethiopian revolution ... essential for anyone who wishes to understand revolutionary Ethiopia." Perspective "This masterly history deals with the Emperor and the Dergue ... on their own terms... [Keller] buttresses his analysis with careful and useful detail." Foreign Affairs "Keller's analytic grasp of the complex features of Ethiopian history and society from a wide range of sources is remarkable." African Affairs

• List of Tables AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Revolutionary EthiopiaPart One: Toward a Theory of the Revolutionary Transformation of the Ethiopian EmpireChapter I Ethiopia as a Bureaucratic EmpireChapter II The Structure of PoliticsChapter III Policy and the Politics of Survival in the Absolutist StateChapter IV The Political Economy of a Modernizing Bureaucratic EmpirePart Two: The Genesis of RevolutionChapter V Development and Social Contradictions, The Seeds of RevolutionChapter VI Politics, Economics, and Class Conflict, The Precipitating Causes of RevolutionPart Three: Revolution in the Revolution: The Dilemmas of the New OrderChapter VII The Quest for a New Social MythChapter VIII Socialism from Above?, Power Consolidation in a "Soft State"Chapter IX Toward Economic SocializationChapter X Feudalism Is Dead! Long Live Dependence!Notes Index