Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xxxiii, 336 pages)
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illustrations, maps
Edition:
4th ed
Series Statement:
Area handbook series 550-27
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-304) and index
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Early history. Cush ; Meroe ; Christian Nubia -- The coming of Islam. The Arabs ; The decline of Christian Nubia ; The rule of the kashif ; The Funj ; The Fur -- The Turkiyah, 1821-85 -- The Mahdiyah, 1884-98. The Khalifa ; Reconquest of Sudan -- The Anglo-Egyptian condominium, 1899-1955. Britain's southern policy ; Rise of Sudanese nationalism ; The road to independence ; The south and the unity of Sudan -- Independent Sudan. The politics of independence ; The Abbud military government, 1958-64 ; Return to civilian rule, 1964-69 -- The Nimeiri era, 1969-85. Revolutionary Command Council ; The southern problem ; Political developments ; National reconciliation -- The transitional military council -- Sadiq al Mahdi and coalition governments -- Physical setting. Geographical regions ; Soils ; Hydrology ; Climate -- Population -- Ethnicity. Language ; Ethnic groups -- The social order. Northern Arabized communities ; Southern communities ; Urban and national elites ; Women and the family -- Religious life. Islam: tenets and practice ; Islamic movements and religious orders ; Christianity ; Indigenous religions -- Education. Girls' education ; Education reform -- Health -- Economic development -- Foreign aid -- Prices, employment, wages, and unions -- Agriculture, livestock, fisheries, and forestry. Land use ; Land tenure ; Irrigated agriculture ; Rainfed agriculture ; Livestock ; Fisheries ; Forestry -- Manufacturing -- Mining -- Energy sources and supply. Electric power ; Petroleum use and domestic resources -- Transportation and communications. Railroads ; Roads ; Inland waterways ; Civil aviation ; Marine ports and shipping ; Pipelines ; Communications -- Finance. Banking ; Islamic banking -- Foreign trade and balance of payments -- Institutions of government. Revolutionary Command Council for National Salvation ; The presidency ; Council of ministers ; Parliamentary government ; Constitutional development ; Regional and local administration -- The legal system. Courts ; Human rights -- Southern and western Sudan -- Political groups. Umma Party ; Democratic Unionist Party ; The Muslim Brotherhood ; The Republican Brothers ; Secular political parties ; Sudanese People's Liberation Movement -- Information media. Newspapers ; Radio and television -- Foreign relations. Egypt ; Libya ; Chad ; Relations with other African states ; Relations with other Arab states ; United States ; Relations with other countries -- The military in national life. Development of the armed forces ; Role in government ; The armed forces in Sudanese society -- External security concerns -- Civil warfare in the south. First civil war, 1955-72 ; Renewed civil warfare, 1983- -- Sudanese people's armed forces. Army ; Air force ; Air defense command ; Navy ; Personnel ; Training ; Uniforms, ranks, and insignia ; Defense costs -- Paramilitary groups -- Foreign military assistance ; Sudanese people's liberation army -- State of internal security -- Internal security agencies. Sudan police force ; Security organizations -- Criminal justice system. Incidence of crime ; Prison system.
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Sudan Washington, D.C. : Federal Research Division, Library of Congress : For sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O., 1992
Language:
English
