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A Victorian Gentleman and Ethiopian Nationalist: The Life and Times of Hakim Wärqenäh, Dr. Charles Martin
Professor Peter P Garretson
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Hakim Wärqenäh Eshäté (Dr Charles Martin), born into a family of Ethiopian aristocrats but adopted by a British officer and raised in India, played a significant role in influencing medicine, education and economic development in Ethiopia throughout the first half of the 20th century. This is the first full biography of Hakim Wärqenäh Eshäté, or Dr Charles Martin (1865-1952), who was Ethiopia's first western trained physician as well as a statesman, administrator, diplomat, author and a major progressiveforce in modern Ethiopian history. Yet he had overlapping identities as a world citizen, citizen of the British empire and Ethiopian nationalist, ... Read more
Hakim Wärqenäh Eshäté (Dr Charles Martin), born into a family of Ethiopian aristocrats but adopted by a British officer and raised in India, played a significant role in influencing medicine, education and economic development in Ethiopia throughout the first half of the 20th century. This is the first full biography of Hakim Wärqenäh Eshäté, or Dr Charles Martin (1865-1952), who was Ethiopia's first western trained physician as well as a statesman, administrator, diplomat, author and a major progressiveforce in modern Ethiopian history. Yet he had overlapping identities as a world citizen, citizen of the British empire and Ethiopian nationalist, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847010445
SKU
V9781847010445
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Reviews for A Victorian Gentleman and Ethiopian Nationalist: The Life and Times of Hakim Wärqenäh, Dr. Charles Martin
Once again the historian has presented us with an excellent work. The narrative is fluent, the interpretation objective and the sources are well selected.
AETHIOPICA
A goldmine for readers interested in the social and political transformation of Ethiopia into a modernizing polity.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORICAL STUDIES
Students of Ethiopian history are greatly indebted to ... Read more
AETHIOPICA
A goldmine for readers interested in the social and political transformation of Ethiopia into a modernizing polity.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AFRICAN HISTORICAL STUDIES
Students of Ethiopian history are greatly indebted to ... Read more