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Neighbours and nationals in an African city ward

Summary: 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: 113886191X
ISBN: 9781138861916
ISBN: 9780415329989
ISBN: 0415329981
ISBN: 1136532552
ISBN: 9781136532559
ISBN: 9781136532481
ISBN: 113653248X
ISBN: 1136532412
ISBN: 9781136532412
ISBN: 1315017369
ISBN: 9781315017365
Physical Description: 1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations, maps
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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).