264 Pages
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Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
264 Pages
by
Routledge
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In 1904, only the unimposing tomb of a local holy man occupied the site chosen by British officials for the construction of a modern seaport to facilitate the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan's expanded commerce. Built where no urban center had previously existed, Port Sudan was the quintessential colonial city, created and designed by Europeans, who organized its municipal services and devised the... Read more
A Note on Sources -- A Note on Transliteration -- Introduction -- Creating Colonial Cities -- 1904–1918 -- “An Ideal Site for a Town”: Putting “the Most Desirable People in the Most Desirable Plots” -- Harboring Doubts: The Utility of a New Port, the Status of Egypt, the Availability of Labor, and Other Early Problems -- 1919–1942 -- Port Sudan Between the Two World Wars -- The Crystallization of Disparity: District Commissioners, General Managers, “Trim Smug Villas…and Hideous Wooden Shacks” -- Working the Port: Merchants, Contractors, Beja Stevedores, and Yemeni Laborers -- Government Services in a City of Contrasts: Public Health, Public Works, Public Safety, and Public Education -- Looking Outward: Unwanted Pilgrims, Troublesome Italian Neighbors, and a Disruptive War -- 1943–1953 -- A Community in Flux: Social Problems, Labor Questions, and Political Issues in Post-War Port Sudan -- Epilogue -- Appendix
Biography
Kenneth J. Perkins is professor of history at the University of South Carolina.
