ISBN:
9781137383860
Language:
English
Pages:
XXIV, 253 S.
,
Kt.
Edition:
1. ed.
Series Statement:
Palgrave series in Indian ocean world studies
DDC:
363.809624
Keywords:
Famines Political aspects
;
Famines History 19th century
;
Food security
;
Food supply Government policy
;
Grain trade History
;
Sudan Politics and government 1899-1956
;
Sudan
;
Lebensmittelversorgung
;
Getreidemarkt
;
Hungersnot
;
Sklaverei
;
Politik
;
Geschichte 1883-1956
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction; Famine and the making of Sudan's northern frontier, 1883-1896; The Red Sea grain market and British strategy in eastern Sudan and the Red Sea Hills, 1883-1888; The Sanat Sitta famine in eastern Sudan and the Red Sea Hills and the decline of Bija autonomy, 1889-1904; Slavery, Anglo-Egyptian rule and the development of the unified Sudanese grain market, 1896-1913; Cotton and grain as the drivers of economic development, 1913-1940; Food insecurity and the transition to independence, 1940-1956; Conclusion.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references
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