Research Catalog

Title

A history of the Sudan : from the coming of Islam to the present day / P.M. Holt and M.W. Daly.

Author

Holt, P. M. (Peter Malcolm)

Publication

Harlow, England ; New York : Pearson Education Ltd., 2011.

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Additional Authors

Daly, M. W.

Description

ix, 199 p., [8] p. of plates : maps; 24 cm.

Summary

This edition has been fully revised to cover the most recent developments that have occurred in Sudan over the last 9 years, including the crisis in Darfur. It covers the decades-long civil war in the South, & the emergence of the Sudan as an oil-producer & exporter, & its resulting higher profile in global economic affairs.

Alternative Title

• Sudan
• From the coming of Islam to the present day

Subject

Sudan > History

Genre/Form

History

Note

• "First published 1961 by Weidenfeld and Nicolson"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Introduction: the land and the people -- The eastern Bilad al-Sudan in the Middle Ages -- The eastern Bilad al-Sudan from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth century -- The inauguration of the Turco-Egyptian Régime: 1820-25 -- Settlement and stagnation: 1825-62 -- The era of Khedive Isma'il: 1863-81 -- The Mahdist revolution: 1881-85 -- The reign of the Khalifa 'Abdallahi: 1885-98 -- Pacification and consolidation: 1899-1913 -- Revolt and reaction: 1914-36 -- The development of Sudanese nationalism: 1937-52 -- The achievement of independence, 1953-56 -- Parliamentary and military government: 1956-69 -- The era of Jaafar Nimeiri: 1969-85 -- The transitional government and the third parliamentary régime: 1985-89 -- The national Islamic front in power, 1989-99 -- The Sudan and the new millennium.

ISBN

• 9781405874458 (pbk.)
• 1405874457 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2010043487

OCLC

665137952

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library