A civil society deferred : the tertiary grip of violence in the Sudan / Abdullahi A. Gallab.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gallab, Abdullahi A.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violence--Sudan.

Violence.

Sudan--Politics and government.

Sudan.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Place of Publication:

Gainesville : University Press of Florida, c2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Civil Society Deferred chronicles the socio-political history and development of violence in the Sudan and explores how it has crippled the state, retarded the development of a national identity, and ravaged the social and material life of its citizens. It offers the first detailed case studies of the development of both a colonial and postcolonial Sudanese state and grounds the violence that grips the country within the conflict between imperial rule and a resisting civil society.

Contents:

The sociopolitical construction of a country

Constructing new identities

The malignant tumor of the colonial state : the antibodies

A tale of three cities : Khartoum

A tale of three cities : Omdurman

A tale of three cities : Cairo

The creation of the center

The creation of the margin.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8130-4182-1

0-8130-4073-6

OCLC:

749264728