Imperialism and Economic Development in Sub-Saharan Africa

• 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

  Autorentext

  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.

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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.