Eleven contributors address economic change, regional politics and Islamization in Kordofan (a large province in the Sudan) to provide a complex picture of the processes of resistance, peripheral incorporation, and sectoral transformation at a local rather than national level. The focus of the book is on the dynamics between centers of state power and regions, and it brings together recent research on the Sudan, Europe, and the United States. A sampling of topics: Kordofan in Sudanese nationalist poetry, international trade in the region in the 19th century, and the conflict between religious orthodoxy and local practice. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.