Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-238) and index
Famine and the making of Sudan's northern frontier, 1883-1896 -- The Red Sea grain market and British strategy in eastern Sudan and the Red Sea Hills, 1883-1888 -- The Sanat Sitta famine in eastern Sudan and the Red Sea Hills and the decline of Bija autonomy, 1889-1904 -- Slavery, Anglo-Egyptian rule and the development of the unified Sudanese grain market, 1896-1913 -- Cotton and grain as the drivers of economic development, 1913-1940 -- Food insecurity and the transition to independence, 1940-1956
