Overview
- References the intellectual and ideological history of 'development' as a theory and practice of Western modernity
- Examines how resources, people, space and technology are organized and managed to order and structure power-relationships
- Uses an interdisciplinary approach to frame the enquiry
Part of the book series: Palgrave Studies in Economic History (PEHS)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Foundations of Imperialism in Sudan
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Business and Imperialism in Sudan
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The Political-Economy of Imperialism in Sudan
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Conclusion
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About this book
This book examines the economic and business history of Sudan, placing Sudan into the wider context of the impact of imperialism on economic development in sub-Saharan Africa. From the 1870s onwards British interest(s) in Sudan began to intensify, a consequence of the opening of the Suez Canal in 1869 and the overseas expansion of British business activities associated with the Scramble for Africa and the renewal of imperial impulses in the second half of the nineteenth century. Mollan shows the gradual economic embrace of imperialism in the years before 1899; the impact of imperialism on the economic development of colonial Sudan to 1956; and then the post-colonial economic legacy of imperialism into the 1970s.
This text highlights how state-centred economic activity was developed in cooperation with British international business. Founded on an economic model that was debt-driven, capital intensive, and cash-crop oriented–the colonial economy of Sudan was centred oncotton growing. This model locked Sudan into a particular developmental path that, in turn, contributed to the nature and timing of decolonization, and the consequent structures of dependency in the post-colonial era.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Simon Mollan is Senior Lecturer/Associate Professor in the Management School at the University of York (UK), where he was Head of the Head of the International Business, Strategy, and Management Group between 2012 and 2016. He is currently Director of the Sustainable Growth, Management, and Economic Productivity Pathway at the ESRC White Rose Doctoral Training Partnership, and previously held academic posts at York St John University, Durham University, and the University of Liverpool. He is Associate Editor of the journal Essays in Economic and Business History, and has published widely in the field of international economic history, financial history, and business history.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Imperialism and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa
Book Subtitle: An Economic and Business History of Sudan
Authors: Simon Mollan
Series Title: Palgrave Studies in Economic History
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27636-2
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Economics and Finance, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27635-5Published: 10 September 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-27638-6Published: 10 September 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-27636-2Published: 09 September 2020
Series ISSN: 2662-6497
Series E-ISSN: 2662-6500
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XX, 306
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations, 27 illustrations in colour
Topics: Economic History, African Economics, Development Economics, African Business, Economic Growth