TY - BOOK AU - Ryle,John TI - The Sudan handbook SN - 9781847010308 (pbk.) AV - DT154.6 .S935 2011 U1 - 962.4 23 PY - 2011/// CY - Suffolk, Rochester, NY PB - James Currey Ltd KW - Sudan KW - History KW - Politics and government N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Many Sudans / John Ryle & Justin Willis -- Land & water / Justin Willis, Omer Egemi & Philip Winter -- Early states on the Nile / Abdelrahman Ali Mohammed & Derek Welsby -- Peoples & cultures of two Sudans / John Ryle -- Religious practice & belief / Wendy James -- The ambitions of the state / Justin Willis -- From the country to the town / Munzoul A.M. Assal -- From slaves to oil / Laura James -- Sudan's fragile state, 1956-1989 / Peter Woodward -- Islamism & the state / Abdel Salam Sidahmed -- Traditional authority, local government & justice / Cherry Leonardi & Musa Abdul Jalil -- Twentieth-century civil wars / Douglas H. Johnson -- The war in the west / Jerome Tubiana -- A short history of Sudanese popular music / Ahmad Sikainga -- Sudan's regional relations / Gerard Prunier -- The international presence in Sudan / Daniel Large -- The past & future of peace / Edward Thomas -- Epilogue: The next Sudan / Jok Madut Jok & John Ryle ER -