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A history of South Sudan : from slavery to independence / Oystein H. Rolandsen and M. W. Daly.

Title
A history of South Sudan : from slavery to independence / Oystein H. Rolandsen and M. W. Daly.
Author
Rolandsen, Øystein H.
Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom : Cambridge University Press, 2016.

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Daly, M. W.
Description
xvii, 171 pages : 1 map; 23 cm
Summary
The first general history of this new country, established in 2011 after two wars, which has since reverted to a state of devastating civil strife. South Sudan is the world's youngest independent country. Established in 2011 after two wars, South Sudan has since reverted to a state of devastating civil strife. This book provides a general history of the new country. South Sudan is the world's youngest independent country. Established in 2011 after two wars, South Sudan has since reverted to a state of devastating civil strife. This book provides a general history of the new country, from the arrival of Turco-Egyptian explorers in Upper Nile, the turbulence of the Mahdist revolutionary period, the chaos of the 'Scramble for Africa', during which the South was prey to European and African adventurers and empire builders, to the Anglo-Egyptian colonial era. Special attention is paid to the period since Sudanese independence in 1956, when Southern disaffection grew into outright war, from the 1960s to 1972, and from 1983 until the Comprehensive Peace of 2005, and to the transition to South Sudan's independence. The book concludes with coverage of events since then, which since December 2013 have assumed the character of civil war, and with insights into what the future might hold.
Subject
  • Since 1985
  • Politics and government
  • South Sudan > Politics and government
  • South Sudan > History
  • Sudan > Politics and government > 1985-
  • South Sudan
  • Sudan
Genre/Form
  • History
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: the land and peoples of the upper Nile -- Ivory and slaves: the nineteenth century -- The second Turkiyya, 1898-1953 -- The curse of colonial continuity, 1953-63 -- The first civil war, 1963-72 -- Regional government: from one civil war to another, 1972-83 -- Eclipsed by war, 1983-91 -- Factional politics, 1991-2001 -- Making unity impossible, 2002-2011 -- Independent South Sudan.
ISBN
  • 9780521116312
  • 0521116317
  • 9780521133258
  • 0521133254
LCCN
^^2015036420
OCLC
  • 921821890
  • SCSB-12744829
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library