"City of Steel and Fire:" A Social History of Atbara, Sudan's Railway Town, 1906-1984

Abstract

Introduction - The foundation of a colonial town: Atbara, 1906-24 - The evolution of a company town: Atbara, 1925-39 - Railway workers in an urban milieu - Labor protests, trade unions, & nationalist politics, 1940-55 - The making of a militant town: Atbara, 1956-68 - Atbara under the May regime, 1969-84 - Conclusion - Appendices