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Starvation and the State

Famine, Slavery, and Power in Sudan, 1883-1956

Medium: Buch
ISBN: 978-1-349-48070-8
Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
Erscheinungstermin: 16.12.2013
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Sudan has historically suffered devastating famines that have powerfully reshaped its society. This study shows that food crises were the result of exploitative processes that transferred resources to a small group of beneficiaries, including British imperial agents and indigenous elites who went on to control the Sudanese state at independence.


Produkteigenschaften


  • Artikelnummer: 9781349480708
  • Medium: Buch
  • ISBN: 978-1-349-48070-8
  • Verlag: Palgrave Macmillan US
  • Erscheinungstermin: 16.12.2013
  • Sprache(n): Englisch
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage 2013
  • Serie: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies
  • Produktform: Kartoniert
  • Gewicht: 3552 g
  • Seiten: 253
  • Format (B x H x T): 140 x 216 x 16 mm
  • Ausgabetyp: Kein, Unbekannt
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1. Introduction 2. Famine and the Making of Sudan's Northern Frontier, 1883-1896 3. The Red Sea Grain Market and British Strategy in Eastern Sudan and the Red Sea Hills, 1883-1888 4. The Sanat Sitta Famine in Eastern Sudan and the Red Sea Hills and the Decline of Bija Autonomy, 1889-1904 5. Slavery, Anglo-Egyptian Rule and the Development of the Unified Sudanese Grain Market, 1896-1913 6. Cotton and Grain as the Drivers of Economic Development, 1913-1940 7. Food Insecurity and the Transition to Independence, 1940-1956 8. Conclusion