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A History of Modern Sudan
Robert O. Collins
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Description for A History of Modern Sudan
Paperback. Chronological account of Sudan's history from 1821 to the present, showing how ethnic divisions and failed leadership have sustained conflicts. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 b/w illus. 14 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 572. 360 pages, 24 b/w illus. 14 maps. Chronological account of Sudan's history from 1821 to the present, showing how ethnic divisions and failed leadership have sustained conflicts. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; HBJH; HBLL; HBLW. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight: 574.
Sudan's modern history has been consumed by revolution and civil war. The country attracted international attention in the 1990s as a breeding ground of Islamist terrorism and recently tensions between the prosperous centre and the periphery, between north and south, have exploded in Darfur. In his latest book, Robert Collins, a frequent visitor and veteran scholar of the region, traces Sudan's history across two hundred years to show how many of the tragedies of today have been planted in its past. The story begins with the conquest of Muhammad 'Ali in 1821, and moves through the Anglo-Egyptian condominium to independence ... Read more
Sudan's modern history has been consumed by revolution and civil war. The country attracted international attention in the 1990s as a breeding ground of Islamist terrorism and recently tensions between the prosperous centre and the periphery, between north and south, have exploded in Darfur. In his latest book, Robert Collins, a frequent visitor and veteran scholar of the region, traces Sudan's history across two hundred years to show how many of the tragedies of today have been planted in its past. The story begins with the conquest of Muhammad 'Ali in 1821, and moves through the Anglo-Egyptian condominium to independence ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
Weight
572g
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521674959
SKU
V9780521674959
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About Robert O. Collins
Robert O. Collins is Emeritus Professor of History at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His recent publications include Civil Wars and Revolution in the Sudan: Essays on the Sudan, Southern Sudan and Darfur, 1962-2004 (2005), Darfur: The Long Road to Disaster (2006) and A History of Sub-Saharan Africa (with James M. Burns, 2007).
Reviews for A History of Modern Sudan
'Robert Collins has drawn deeply on his half century of research on, and intimate knowledge of, Sudan to write a gripping account of what has been for much of this book a tragic history. At a time when Sudan's future is more uncertain than ever- with the peace agreement with the south under strain and new conflict in Darfur - ... Read more