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Starvation and the State - Famine, Slavery, and Power in Sudan, 1883-1956 (Hardcover) Loot Price: R1,976
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Starvation and the State - Famine, Slavery, and Power in Sudan, 1883-1956 (Hardcover): Steven Serels

Starvation and the State - Famine, Slavery, and Power in Sudan, 1883-1956 (Hardcover)

Steven Serels

Series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies

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For much of its recent history, Sudan has been beset by devastating famines that have killed countless people and powerfully reshaped its society. However, as this historical study of food insecurity in the region shows, there was no necessary correlation between natural disasters, decreased crop yields, and famine in Sudan. Rather, repeated food crises since the late nineteenth century were the result of inter-generational, exploitative processes that transferred the resources of victim communities to the state and to a small group of non-state elites. This dynamic fundamentally transformed the social, political, and economic structures underpinning Sudanese society and prevented many communities from securing necessary subsistence. On one hand, food crises facilitated the British-led conquest of Sudan and subsequently allowed British imperial agents, acting through the Anglo-Egyptian government, to seize control of many of Sudan's natural resources. At the same time, however, a number of indigenous elites were also able to position themselves so as to further augment their prestige and economic wealth. At independence, these elites were handed control of the state and, in the years that followed, they continued many of the policies that had impoverished their countrymen.

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Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies
Release date: December 2013
First published: 2013
Authors: Steven Serels
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 253
ISBN-13: 978-1-137-38386-0
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > Humanities > History > African history > General
Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Slavery & emancipation
Books > Humanities > History > World history > From 1900 > General
Books > History > African history > General
Books > History > World history > 1750 to 1900
Books > History > World history > From 1900 > General
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LSN: 1-137-38386-0
Barcode: 9781137383860

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