Starvation and the State: Famine, Slavery, and Power in Sudan, 1883-1956

by Steven Serels

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781137383860
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan US
Publication date:	12/16/2013
Series:	Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies
Edition description:	2013
Pages:	253
Product dimensions:	10.50(w) x 7.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Steven Serels is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Weatherhead Initiative on Global History at Harvard University, USA. He is also a Research Associate at the Indian Ocean World Centre, McGill University, Canada.

Table of Contents

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

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