Economy and Class in Sudan

Norman O'Neill, Jay O'Brien

>Collection of studies on aspects of economy and class in Sudan. Ch. 1-2 by the editors develop a broad perspective on contemporary Sudan by placing current issues and events in their historical context and indicating the main lines of debate. The next chapter (L. Kapteijns and J. Spaulding) offers insights into the class structure and dynamics of precapitalist States in Sudan on the eve of foreign conquest. Ch. 4 (J. Tait) treats the Gezira Scheme and the social position and capacities of tenants. Ch. 5 (M.R. Duffield) specifies the political and economic significance of the ideology of the 'Fallata' as foreigners. Ch. 6 (J. O'Brien) treats the formation of a large seasonal wage labour force in capitalist agriculture and documents its effects on peasant and pastoral systems and the character of capitalist production itself. Ch. 7-9 (V. Bernal, Abdel Basit Saeed, J.C. Faris) present...