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Fabrication of Empire - The British and the Uganda Kingdoms, 1890-1902

English · Hardback

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Informationen zum Autor D. A. Low is Emeritus Smuts Professor of the History of the British Commonwealth, University of Cambridge. Klappentext This book examines how and why the British were able to establish a colonial government in what became known as 'Uganda'. Zusammenfassung During the 1890s, the Scramble for Africa created the new country of Uganda. This inland territory carved out by British agents first encompassed some 20–30 African kingdoms. Anthony Low's magisterial study examines how and why the British were able to dominate these rulerships and establish a colonial government. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Prologue: survey and agenda; 2. Statecraft: external intrusion and local dominion; 3. Ferment: conversion and revolution in Buganda; 4. Upcountry: might-have beens and the Buganda/Uganda outcome; 5. Warbands: new military formations and ground-level imperialism; 6. Paramountcy: Toro, Busoga and the new overlords; 7. Defeat: Kabarega's resistance, Mwanga's revolt and the Sudanese mutiny; 8. Succession: Nkore and the war of Igumira's Eye; 9. Denouement: aggregations and rulerships; 10. Government: colonial settlements and the Buganda model; 11. Capstone: honour, awe and imperialism; 12. Round up and review; Select bibliography.

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