Starvation and the State: Famine, Slavery, and Power in Sudan, 1883-1956 (Palgrave Series in Indian Ocean World Studies)

by Steven Serels

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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.
  • ISBN13 9781137383860
  • Publish Date 16 December 2013
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Palgrave Macmillan
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 253
  • Language English