1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996393941003316

Titolo

Curious enquiries [[electronic resource] ] : being six brief discourses

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Printed, and are to be sold by Randal Taylor, 1688

Descrizione fisica

[4], 24 p

Soggetti

English essays - Early modern, 1500-1700

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Viz. I Of the longitude, II. The tricks of astrological quacks, III. Of the depth of the sea, IV. Of tabacco, V. Of Europes being too full of people, VI. The various opinions concerning the time of keeping the Sabbath."

Reproduction of original in the Huntington Library.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910149432003321

Autore

Johnson Douglas H (Douglas Hamilton), <1949->

Titolo

The root causes of Sudan's civil wars : old wars & new wars / / Douglas H. Johnson [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Suffolk ; Rochester, New York : , : James Currey, , 2016

ISBN

1-78204-834-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 252 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

African issues

Disciplina

962.404

Soggetti

HISTORY / Africa / General

Sudan History Civil War, 1955-1972 Causes

Sudan History Civil War, 1983-2005 Causes

South Sudan History 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Jun 2021).

Nota di contenuto

The historical structure of north-south relations -- British overrule, 1899-1947 -- Nationalism, independence & the first civil war, 1942-72 -- The Addis Ababa Agreement & the regional governments, 1972-83 -- The beginning of the second civil war, 1983-85 -- The momentum of liberation, 1986-91 -- The SPLA split : surviving factionalism -- The segmentation of SPLA-United & the Nuer civil war -- Multiple civil wars -- The war economy & the politics of relief -- Comprehensive peace or temporary truce? -- War in Sudan's new south & new war in South Sudan -- Appendix: Chronology of events.

Sommario/riassunto

Expanded third edition of this key text on the complex underlying conditions of the civil war from the 1960s to the present day, including a new chapter on the current wars in Sudan's new south and South Sudan.