Imperialism and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

An Economic and Business History of Sudan
1. Auflage 2020
ISBN: 978-3-030-27638-6
Verlag: Springer International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 306 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 426 g

Reihe: Palgrave Studies in Economic History

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.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mollan, Simon

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Wirtschaftsgeschichte
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein Wirtschaftswachstum
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Internationales Management
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Entwicklungsökonomie & Emerging Markets
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Internationale Wirtschaft Volkswirtschaften einzelner Länder und Regionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Introduction.- Part I. Foundations of Imperialism in Sudan.- Chapter 2. British Business and Sudan During the Mahdiya.- Chapter 3. The Beginnings of Imperial Development, 1899-1919.- Part II Business and Imperialism in Sudan.- Chapter 4. The Sudan Plantations Syndicate, 1904-1919.- Chapter 5. The Sudan Plantations Syndicate, 1919-1939.- Part III The Political-Economy of Imperialism in Sudan.- Chapter 6. The Economy of Sudan, 1919-1939.- Chapter 7. The Relationship Between Business and Government to 1945.- Chapter 8. War, Decolonization, and After.- Part IV – Conclusions.- Chapter 9.Conclusion: Business, Imperialism and the Organization of Economic Development in Sudan.

Über Autor(innen)

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.