Menelik and the Foundation of Addis Ababa
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8976822 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Pankhurst (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1961 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 103-117 |
| Publication date | 1961-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of African History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8537 • E-ISSN: 1469-5138 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021853700002176 |
| OpenAlex | W2169748956 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 31 |
| References cited | 5 |
Addis Ababa, today the most populous city on the eastern side of Africa between Cairo and Johannesburg, was founded by the Emperor Menelik II in the last quarter of the nineteenth century. The event, which was important in modern Ethiopian history as a landmark in the reorganization and modernization of the State, is not without interest in the wider perspective of the African continent where it provides a unique example of rapid urban growth in an area not under European control. Whereas in such areas the capital was the result of an attempt to create a European type of city in a colonial environment, Addis Ababa represented an attempt by an African ruler to forge something new in his country's history by grafting modern institutions on a traditional living organism
Ancient history · Archaeology · Capital (architecture · Capital city · City-state · Colonialism · Economic history · Emperor · Ethnology · Geography · Modernization theory · Political science · Quarter (Canadian coin · Ruler · State (computer science · African history and culture analysis · History · Law
Angola and Mozambique, 1870–1905
East Africa 1870–1905
French Congo and Gabon 1886–1905
Africa on the Eve of Partition
Western Africa, 1870–1886
Western Africa, 1886–1905
North Africa
Madagascar and France, 1870–1905
The European Partition of Africa
The European Scramble and Conquest in African History
King Leopold's Congo, 1886–1908
Socio-spatial analysis of regime shifts in Addis Ababa's urbanisation
Social Capital and Trust in Slum Areas
The Cambridge History of Africa
Fanonet
Bem-Vindo a Adis Abeba
Spatial Analysis of Intra-Urban Land Use Dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa
Public perception and preferences towards recreation ecosystem service in green spaces of Addis Ababa and its surrounding
Externality and Incorporation in the World-System
City as Nation
Heartrending or Uplifting
Articulating Economic Modernization and National Integration at the Periphery
Urbanisation in Eastern Africa
The Early History of Ethiopia's Coffee Trade and the Rise of Shawa
The Process of Urbanization in Africa (From the Origins to the Beginning of Independence)
Sediment as Unintentional Infrastructure
Language Use and Lingo-Cultural Identity among Linguistically Diverse Young People in Sheger Sub-cities Surrounding the Capital City of Ethiopia
Archaeology, politics and nationalism in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Ethiopia
La construcción imperial de la Etiopía contemporánea bajo Menelik II
The histories buildings tell
Occupational prestige, status, and social change in modern Ethiopia
| Unique citing works | 31 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,62 |
| Citation span | 1976 - 2026 (51) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 31 |