Transforming Sudan - Decolonization, Economic Development, and State Formation

This book traces the formation of the Sudanese state following the Second World War through a developmentalist ideology.

List of contents

Introduction: the economizing logic of the state; 1. From colonial economics to political economy 1820-1940; 2. Planning and the territorial perspective, 1945 until 1951; 3. Calculable development, 1951 to 1954; 4. The new finance officials; 5. The nation, in whose name they could act: the military and national income accounting; 6. A nation-state alone cannot transform its destiny; Conclusion: towards a new African economic history; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Alden Young is an Assistant Professor of African History and the Director of the Program in Africana Studies at Drexel University, Philadelphia. He was previously a Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Africana Studies Department at the University of Pennsylvania and holds a Ph.D. in History from Princeton University, New Jersey.

Summary

This book traces the development of a new Sudanese state during the postcolonial era, following how economic development fostered state formation and civil war. It is for historians of colonial and postcolonial Africa. It offers important archival research for those examining the economic history of Sudan and the wider region.

Product details

• Authors: Alden Young, Alden (Drexel University Young
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781107172494
• ISBN: 978-1-107-17249-4
• No. of pages: 194
• Series: African Studies; African Studies (Hardcover); African Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; Sudan, History, HISTORY / Africa / General, Africa, Regional & national history, Economic history, Politics & government, African History, North Africa, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)