Living with Colonialism Nationalism and Culture in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan

Name: Living with Colonialism Nationalism and Culture in the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan
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ISBN: 9780520235595

ISBN-10: 0520235592

ISBN-13: 9780520235595

Edition: 2003

Authors: Heather J. Sharkey

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Histories written in the aftermath of empire have often featured conquerors and peasant rebels but have said little about the vast staffs of locally recruited clerks, technicians, teachers, and medics who made colonialism work day-to-day. Even as these workers maintained the colonial state, they dreamed of displacing imperial power. This book examines the history of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1898-1956) and the Republic of Sudan that followed in order to understand how colonialism worked on the ground, affected local cultures, influenced the rise of nationalism, and shaped the postcolonial nation-state. Relying on a rich cache of Sudanese Arabic literary sources, including poetry, essays,…

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List price: $34.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of California Press
Publication date: 3/18/2003
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 245
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Note on Transliteration, Translation, Spelling, and Dates



Living With Colonialism



Being "Black", Being "Sudanese": Colonial Education, Privilege, and National Identity



Education, Acculturation, and Nationalist Networks



The Mechanics of Colonial Rule



Life and the Regime: The Terms of Cooperation



The Nation After the Colony


Conclusion. The Colony and the Nation: Lessons from the Sudan


Glossary


Abbreviations


Notes


Bibliography


Index