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Neighbours and nationals in an African city ward / David Parkin.
This study analyses the way in which tribal ties are maintained in the development of a tribally mixed, middle class community in Kampala, Uganda. Political independence in the early nineteen sixties in much of Africa created expectations of increased development, education and living standards. There was hope that ethnic tensions arising from false colonial boundaries might be transcended by newly emerging socio-economic status-groups. However, the new national boundaries suddenly made aliens of peoples who had migrated and settled in towns distant from their home countries. The interplay of.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781315017365
- ISBN: 1315017369
- ISBN: 9781136532412
- ISBN: 1136532412
- ISBN: 113653248X
- ISBN: 9781136532481
- ISBN: 9781136532559
- ISBN: 1136532552
- ISBN: 0415329981
- ISBN: 9780415329989
- ISBN: 9781138861916
- ISBN: 113886191X
- Physical Description: 1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations, maps
- Publisher: London : Routledge, [2004]
- Copyright: ©1969
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Originally published in 1969 by Routledge & Kegan Paul. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Ch. 1. Social outline of Kampala -- 2. Independence and political changes -- 3. Neighbourhood, locality, and the status system -- 4. Communal unity and politics -- 5. The tribal system and family life -- 6. Sanctions and ideology -- 7. Choice among kin -- 8. Luo union and other ethnic associations -- 9. Conclusions. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Source of Description Note: | Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 6, 2013). |
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| Subject: | Tribes > Uganda > Kampala. Kampala (Uganda) > Social conditions. |
| Genre: | Electronic books. Electronic books. |
