The Southern Sudan in Historical Perspective / Edition 1

by Robert O. Collins

Overview

Robert O. Collins is one of the most prolific authors on Africa, the Sudan, and the Nile. The Southern Sudan in Historical Perspective, based on a series of lectures he gave at Tel Aviv University, is a succinct and engaging study of the Southern Sudan, from its origins in antiquity, the British occupation of the early twentieth century, the civil disturbances of 1955, its independence in 1956, to the violence of the late 1960s and early 1970s.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412805858
Publisher:	Transaction Publishers
Publication date:	02/28/2006
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	102
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

The Struggle for Control: The Southern Sudan to 1898; The Pax Britannica the Southern Sudan 1898—1955; The Politics of Conflict the Southern Sudan 1955-1972