The Sudan: Unity and Diversity in a Multicultural State (Routledge Library Editions: Sudan) - Softcover

Voll, John Obert; Voll, Sarah Potts

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138212083 ISBN 13: 9781138212084

Publisher: Routledge, 2018

Synopsis

Little known in the United States and Western Europe, the Sudan is nevertheless a country of major importance in international affairs. This analytic introduction to the modern Sudan, first published in 1985, provides a summary of the basic dynamics of the country’s political, social, cultural, and economic life, as well as a general framework for interpreting the modern Sudanese experience. The authors present a clear picture of the Sudan as a distinctive entity with an identity all its own, revealing, however, that almost paradoxically one of the most significant aspects of that identity is the place of the Sudan as a special link between different cultural patterns and socio-political styles. The Sudan is both a bridge and a melting pot, and this provides the foundation of its unique character.

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John Obert Voll, Sarah Potts Voll

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138212083
• ISBN 13: 9781138212084
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 194