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Prelude to the Mahdiyya - Peasants and Traders in the Shendi Region, 1821-1885 (Paperback) Loot Price: R952
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Prelude to the Mahdiyya - Peasants and Traders in the Shendi Region, 1821-1885 (Paperback)

Anders Bjorkelo

Series: African Studies

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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 Bj??rkelo 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 Bj??rkelo 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.

General

Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: African Studies
Release date: December 2002
First published: 1989
Authors: Anders Bjorkelo
Dimensions: 228 x 152 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 192
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-53444-4
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > General
Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
Books > History > World history > General
LSN: 0-521-53444-5
Barcode: 9780521534444

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