Civilizing women: British crusades in colonial Sudan

Abstract

List of illustrations -- Abbreviations -- Glossary -- List of frequently mentioned names -- Chronology -- Map -- Introduction -- Imperial ethos -- The Gordon cult -- Interlude 1, Zar and Islam -- Tools for a quiet crusade -- Interlude 2, Colonial Zayran -- "Unconscious anthropologists" -- Interlude 3, Spirit tribes -- Contexts -- Domestic blood and foreign spirits -- North winds and the river -- Cotton business -- The crusades -- Training bodies, colonizing minds -- Battling the "barbarous custom" of "enthusiasts and cranks" -- "More harm than good" -- The law -- Conclusion: civilizing women -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index