Darfur's sorrow : the forgotten history of a humanitarian disaster / M.W. Daly.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Daly, M. W., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Genocide--Sudan--Darfur.

Genocide.

Sudan--History--Darfur Conflict, 2003-.

Sudan.

Darfur (Sudan)--Ethnic relations.

Darfur (Sudan).

Darfur (Sudan)--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 376 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Darfur's Sorrow is the first general history of Darfur to be published in any language. The book surveys events from before the founding of the Fur sultanate in the sixteenth century through the rise and establishment of the Fur state and its incorporation into the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1916. The narrative continues with detailed coverage of the brief but all-important colonial period (1916-1956) and Darfur's history as a neglected peripheral region since independence. The political, economic, environmental, and social factors that gave rise to the current humanitarian crisis are discussed in detail, as are the course of Darfur's rebellion, its brutal suppression by the Sudanese government, and the lawless brigands known as janjawid. The second edition of the book brings the story up to date and includes an analysis of attempts to save Darfur's embattled people and to bring an end to the fighting.

Contents:

The "abode of the blacks"

Lords of mountain and savanna : the origins and history of the Fur state to 1874

The ends of the Turkish world

Darfur at the end of time : the Mahdiyya, 1885-1898

Between an anvil and a hammer : the reign of Ali Dinar, 1898-1916

"Closed district" : Anglo-Egyptian colonial rule in Darfur, 1916-1939

Unequal struggles, 1939-1955

Colonial legacies and Sudanese rule, 1956-1969

Darfur and "the May regime," 1969-1985

Third time unlucky : Darfur and the restoration of Parliamentary rule

The state of jihad

The destruction of Darfur.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 08 Oct 2015).

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-353) and index.

ISBN:

1-139-79303-9

1-316-08664-X

1-139-77561-8

1-107-25320-9

0-511-76123-6

1-139-78164-2

1-139-77865-X

1-283-71560-0

1-139-77713-0

OCLC:

818817493