Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Map of Darfur showing colonial administrative divisions and ethnic groups
- Introduction
- 1 State Authority and Local Politics before 1916: The Darfur Sultans, Turco-Egyptian Rule and the Mahdiyya
- 2 Colonial Conquest and the Politics of Alliance in Darfur, 1916–1921
- 3 ‘Healthy Oppression’? Native Administration and State Violence in Western Darfur, 1917–1945
- 4 Native Courts and Chieftaincy Disputes in Pastoralist Darfur, 1917–1937
- 5 Defining Territories, Policing Movement and the Limits of Legibility in Pastoralist Darfur, 1917–1950
- 6 Late Colonialism in Darfur: Local Government, Development and National Politics, 1937–1956
- Conclusion: State Formation, Violence and Conflict in Historical Perspective
- Bibliography
- Index
- Eastern African Studies
- Frontmatter
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Abbreviations
- Glossary
- Map of Darfur showing colonial administrative divisions and ethnic groups
- Introduction
- 1 State Authority and Local Politics before 1916: The Darfur Sultans, Turco-Egyptian Rule and the Mahdiyya
- 2 Colonial Conquest and the Politics of Alliance in Darfur, 1916–1921
- 3 ‘Healthy Oppression’? Native Administration and State Violence in Western Darfur, 1917–1945
- 4 Native Courts and Chieftaincy Disputes in Pastoralist Darfur, 1917–1937
- 5 Defining Territories, Policing Movement and the Limits of Legibility in Pastoralist Darfur, 1917–1950
- 6 Late Colonialism in Darfur: Local Government, Development and National Politics, 1937–1956
- Conclusion: State Formation, Violence and Conflict in Historical Perspective
- Bibliography
- Index
- Eastern African Studies
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- DarfurColonial violence, Sultanic legacies and local politics, 1916-1956, pp. ix - xPublisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2015