ISBN:
0-521-35336-X
,
978-0-521-35336-6
ISSN:
0065-406X
Language:
English
Pages:
xv, 192 Seiten
,
Karten
Edition:
First published
Series Statement:
African Studies (Cambridge) 62
Keywords:
Afrika, Subsahara Sudan
;
Sudan, Anglo-Ägyptischer
;
Geschichte
;
Landwirtschaft
;
Materielle Kultur
;
Wirtschaftsethnologie
;
Wirtschaftlicher Aspekt
;
Handel
;
Politisches System
Abstract:
During the first colonial period (the Turkiyya, 1821-85), the Shendi region of the Northern Sudan was inhabited by peasants, traders and nomads. This book analyses socio-economic change among the peasants and traders during this formative period of Sudanese history. Administration, agriculture and trade in transition from a pre-colonial to a colonial economy are discussed. Anders Bjørkelo argues that Turkish demands for cash-crop cultivation and taxation in cash ruined the villages and towns and undermined the local subsistence economy, and that the role of traders as mediators in the process of monetisation contributed to stagnation and rural indebtedness. By combining a thorough mastery of the travel literature with examination of previously unknown manuscript sources, notably the private papers of a prominent Sudanese merchant, he is able to offer a closer view of the situation of trader and peasant families. For the first time it is possible to consider the period from a Sudanese point of view. Dr Bjørkelo concludes that General Gordon's policy of driving back to the impoverished north the waves of emigrants to the Southern Sudan was instrumental in triggering off the Mahdist movement, and also interestingly suggests points of comparison between reactions to Muslim, as against European, imperialism. (Umschlagtext)
Description / Table of Contents:
Figures -- List of maps -- List of tables -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Weights and measures -- Introduction -- 1 - The Ja'ali Kingdom of Shendi and its destruction -- 2 - Shendi's economy on the eve of the Turkiyya -- 3 - The Ja'aliyyin under Turkish administration -- 4 - The transformation of agriculture -- 5 - Taxation -- 6 - The transformation of commerce -- 7 - Conclusion: dispersion and return -- Appendix: Three contracts from the archive of 'Abd Allah Bey Hamza -- Notes -- Sources and bibliography -- Index
Note:
Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 169-184"This book is a revised and concentrated version of my doctoral dissertation 'From King to Kashif. Shendi in the Nineteenth Century', at the Faculty of Arts, University of Bergen, 1983." (Preface)
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Doctoral dissertation, University of Bergen, Faculty of Arts, 1983, entitled From king to kashif: Shendi in the nineteenth century
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