TY - BOOK
T1 - Improvising planned development on the Gezira Plain, Sudan, 1900-1980
AU - Ertsen, Maurits
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - The typical image of the Gezira Scheme, the large-scale irrigation scheme started under British colonial rule in Sudan, is of a centrally planned effort by a central colonial power controlling tenants and cotton production. However, any idea(l)s of planned irrigation and profit in Gezira had to be realized by African farmers and European officials, who both had their own agendas. Projects like Gezira are best understood in terms of continuous negotiations. This book rewrites Gezira’s history in terms of colonial control, farmers’ actions and resistance, and the broader development debate.
AB - The typical image of the Gezira Scheme, the large-scale irrigation scheme started under British colonial rule in Sudan, is of a centrally planned effort by a central colonial power controlling tenants and cotton production. However, any idea(l)s of planned irrigation and profit in Gezira had to be realized by African farmers and European officials, who both had their own agendas. Projects like Gezira are best understood in terms of continuous negotiations. This book rewrites Gezira’s history in terms of colonial control, farmers’ actions and resistance, and the broader development debate.
KW - African History
KW - History of Science
KW - History of Britain and Ireland
KW - History of North Africa
KW - Modern History
KW - Imperialism and Colonialism
U2 - 10.1007/978-1-137-56818-2
DO - 10.1007/978-1-137-56818-2
M3 - Book
SN - 978-1-137-56817-5
T3 - Palgrave Studies in the History of Science and Technology
BT - Improvising planned development on the Gezira Plain, Sudan, 1900-1980
PB - Palgrave MacMillan Publishers
ER -