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Political power in pre-colonial Buganda : economy, society & warfare in the nineteenth century / Richard J. Reid.
Van Pelt Library JQ2951.A99 B847 2002
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reid, Richard J. (Richard James)
- Series:
- Eastern African studies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Power (Social sciences).
- History.
- Buganda--Politics and government--19th century.
- Buganda.
- Buganda--Economic conditions--19th century.
- Buganda--Social conditions--19th century.
- Power (Social sciences)--Uganda--Buganda--History--19th century.
- Uganda--Buganda.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 274 pages, 4 pages of plates : maps ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : James Currey ; Kampala : Fountain Publishers ; Athens : Ohio University Press, 2002.
- Contents:
- The political & territorial kingdom 3
- The 'wars of religion' & the establishment of colonial rule 5
- The secondary literature 7
- Part 1 Land & Livelihood: A survey of the Ganda economy 17
- 2 Land & Cultivation 19
- The kingdom of the banana 22
- Crops & plantations in the nineteenth century 25
- The historical & cultural environment 31
- 'Queer foods' & famine in the nineteenth century 32
- Political turmoil & agricultural collapse in the 1880s & 1890s 36
- 3 Herdsmen & Hunters 40
- Pastoralism in pre-colonial Buganda 40
- Herds & herdsmen in politics & society 45
- The consumption & utilization of livestock 50
- Livestock disease in the late nineteenth century 52
- The economics & culture of hunting in pre-colonial Buganda 55
- The hunt for ivory 60
- Hunters of river & lake: the political economy of fishing 64
- The waters of Ganda history 68
- 4 Crafts & Craftsmen 70
- Barkcloth production 70
- The expansion of the barkcloth economy 72
- Iron & the state 76
- Pre-colonial pottery culture 86
- Part 2 Labour & Liberty: The state & its human resources 93
- 5 Labour & Taxation 95
- Taxation in the nineteenth century 98
- Working for the state: the organization of public labour 103
- The highways of Buganda 107
- Mwanga's reign: an abuse of the system 111
- 6 Slavery 113
- Acquisition of slaves 116
- Women & slavery 119
- Slave hierarchies 124
- Part 3 Buyers & Sellers: Developments in commerce 133
- 7 Domestic & Regional Trade 135
- Local commerce & commodities 136
- Pre-colonial currencies 144
- 8 The Growth of Long-Distance Trade 149
- Beginnings 149
- Coastal merchants in Buganda 151
- Commercial change in the late nineteenth century 160
- Part 4 War & Peace 175
- 9 The Rise & Decline of Ganda Military Power 177
- Ethos & motivation 179
- Military growth before the nineteenth century 185
- 'Restless warfare': conquest & consolidation under Kamanya 190
- Stability & decline in the nineteenth century, 1: the reign of Suna 194
- Stability & decline in the nineteenth century, 2: the reign of Mutesa 198
- 10 Developments in Organization, Tactics & Weaponry 206
- Structures & hierarchy 206
- Structures & tactics 210
- The new elite: from bodyguard to vanguard 214
- The tools of war: weaponry & the role of firearms 218
- 11 Lake Victoria, the Final Frontier 227
- Canoe construction 228
- Naval developments c. 1700-c. 1840 231
- The growth of naval power from c. 1840 234
- 'The helots of Uganda': the Sesse & Ganda naval expansion 237
- The expansion of ports 240
- The organization of the fleet 243.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-266) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0821414771
- 082141478X
- 0852554516
- 0852554508
- OCLC:
- 49959400
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