Gordon and the Sudan: Prologue to the Mahdiyya 1877-1880

by Alice Moore-Harell

Overview

This is a study on the period preceding the Mahdist revolution in the Sudan. It analyses the administration and political developments under the governor-generalship of Gordon.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780714650814
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	02/01/2001
Pages:	302
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Alice Moore-Harell

Table of Contents

Contemporary Review

"sheds new light on a chapter of British Imperial History that has been neglected by historians for far too long"



"welcome addition to the Sudan literature"

- International Journal of African Historical Studies



"The superbly researched and clearly written Gordon and the Sudan provides fresh insight into this crucial period of Gordon"s life and this important era in the history of the Turco-Egyptian Sudan. It makes an important contribution of the Gordon historiography and deserves a large readership."

- Military History

Editorial Reviews

Moore-Harell (Islam and the Middle East, Hebrew University, Jerusalem) examines the period preceding the Mahdist revolution in the Sudan, a period dominated by governor-general of the Sudan, Charles George Gordon, the only Christian European to fill this position during the Turkiyya period (1821-85). She analyzes Gordon's administration and the political, economic, and social developments under his leadership against the background of political unrest in Egypt and the weakening of the Khedive Ismail's position in the face of increasing European financial imperialism. Distributed by ISBS. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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