Introduction
State Authority and Local Politics before 1916: The Darfur Sultans, Turco-Egyptian Rule and the Mahdiyya
Colonial Conquest and the Politics of Alliance in Darfur, 1916-1921
'Healthy Oppression'? Native Administration and State Violence in Western Darfur, 1917- 1945
Native Courts and Chieftaincy Disputes in Pastoralist Darfur, 1917-1937
Defining Territories, Policing Movement and the Limits of Legibility in Pastoralist Darfur, 1917-1950
Late Colonialism in Darfur: Local Government, Development and National Politics, 1937-1956
Conclusion: State Formation, Violence and Conflict in Historical Perspective