Empire and the Nuer : sources on the pacification of the Southern Sudan, 1898-1930 /

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Bibliographic Details
Edition:	First edition.
Imprint:	Oxford : Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press, 2016. ©2016
Description:	xxxviii, 320 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language:	English Nilo-Saharan
Series:	Fontes historiae Africanae, sources of African history ; 13 Fontes historiae Africanae ; new ser. 13.
Subject:	Nuer (African people) -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. Nuer (African people) -- Social life and customs -- Sources. Nuer (African people) Nuer (African people) -- Social life and customs. History. Sources.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10811084

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Other authors / contributors:	Johnson, Douglas H. (Douglas Hamilton), 1949- editor. British Academy.
ISBN:	9780197265888 019726588X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. In English with original Nuer text.

Table of Contents:

List of Maps
Preface
Sources of Documents and Texts
List of Abbreviations
Glossary
Introduction
Documents and Texts
1. First contact
2. First military patrol
3. Ngundeng and the Turuk
4. The Nuer and Dinka of the Zeraf valley
5. First visit to the prophet Deng Laka
6. Confirmation of Ngundeng's death
7. Second visit to the prophet Deng Laka
8. Fixing a tribal boundary
9. Attack on Duk Fadiat - 1
10. Attack on Duk Fadiat - 2
11. Tribute collection in the Zeraf valley
12. The death of Macar Diu
13. Intelligence on the Eastern Jikany
14. Intelligence on the Lou Nuer
15. Nuer cattle raids along the Dinka border
16. The Mabaan and the Nuer
17. Pacification of the Eastern Jikany
18. Intelligence on the Western Nuer
19. Contact with the prophet Maam
20. In defence of Guek Ngundeng - 1
21. In defence of Guek Ngundeng - 2
22. Pacification of the Lou Nuer - 1
23. Contact with a Gaawar prophet
24. Dual Diu's attack on a police post - 1
25. Dual Diu's attack on a police post - 2
26. Pacification of the Lou Nuer - 2
27. Capture of the prophet Dual Diu
28. Gaawar views
29. Dinka views
30. Epilogue
Appendix 1. Biographical Notes
Appendix 2. River Transport Mentioned in the Documents
Sources and Bibliography
Index
Maps
1. Upper Nile Province, 1910-36
2. Ecological regions and Nilotic peoples in the southern Sudan
3. H.H. Wilson, 'Sketch Map of the Khor Felus', 1902
4. J.S. Liddell, 'Sketch Map of a journey from Taufikia to Twi' 1904
5. Lou and Jikany territory, showing the location of Ngundeng's Mound and other shrines

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