The Sudan handbook /
edited by John Ryle ... [et al.]
- Suffolk : Rochester, NY : James Currey Ltd, 2011
- xx, 220 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm
Introduction : many Sudans / John Ryle & Justin Willis -- Land & water / Justin Willis, Omer Egemi & Philip Winter -- Early states on the Nile / Abdelrahman Ali Mohammed & Derek Welsby -- Peoples & cultures of two Sudans / John Ryle -- Religious practice & belief / Wendy James -- The ambitions of the state / Justin Willis -- From the country to the town / Munzoul A.M. Assal -- From slaves to oil / Laura James -- Sudan's fragile state, 1956-1989 / Peter Woodward -- Islamism & the state / Abdel Salam Sidahmed -- Traditional authority, local government & justice / Cherry Leonardi & Musa Abdul Jalil -- Twentieth-century civil wars / Douglas H. Johnson -- The war in the west / Jerome Tubiana -- A short history of Sudanese popular music / Ahmad Sikainga -- Sudan's regional relations / Gerard Prunier -- The international presence in Sudan / Daniel Large -- The past & future of peace / Edward Thomas -- Epilogue : the next Sudan / Jok Madut Jok & John Ryle
The handbook offers a concise introduction to all aspects of the country, rooted in a broad historical account of the development of the Sudanese state. --from publisher description
9781847010308 (pbk.) 184701030X (pbk.)
2011284696
015716820 Uk
Sudan
Sudan--History
DT154.6 / .S935 2011 DT154.6 / .S935 2011
Introduction : many Sudans / John Ryle & Justin Willis -- Land & water / Justin Willis, Omer Egemi & Philip Winter -- Early states on the Nile / Abdelrahman Ali Mohammed & Derek Welsby -- Peoples & cultures of two Sudans / John Ryle -- Religious practice & belief / Wendy James -- The ambitions of the state / Justin Willis -- From the country to the town / Munzoul A.M. Assal -- From slaves to oil / Laura James -- Sudan's fragile state, 1956-1989 / Peter Woodward -- Islamism & the state / Abdel Salam Sidahmed -- Traditional authority, local government & justice / Cherry Leonardi & Musa Abdul Jalil -- Twentieth-century civil wars / Douglas H. Johnson -- The war in the west / Jerome Tubiana -- A short history of Sudanese popular music / Ahmad Sikainga -- Sudan's regional relations / Gerard Prunier -- The international presence in Sudan / Daniel Large -- The past & future of peace / Edward Thomas -- Epilogue : the next Sudan / Jok Madut Jok & John Ryle
The handbook offers a concise introduction to all aspects of the country, rooted in a broad historical account of the development of the Sudanese state. --from publisher description
9781847010308 (pbk.) 184701030X (pbk.)
2011284696
015716820 Uk
Sudan
Sudan--History
DT154.6 / .S935 2011 DT154.6 / .S935 2011