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| Acknowledgements | |
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| Maps | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The political & territorial kingdom | |
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| The 'wars of religion' & the establishment of colonial rule | |
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| The secondary literature | |
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| The aims & structure of the book | |
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| Land & Livelihood: A survey of the Ganda economy | |
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| Land & Cultivation | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The kingdom of the banana | |
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| Crops & plantations in the nineteenth century | |
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| The historical & cultural environment | |
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| 'Queer foods' & famine in the nineteenth century | |
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| Political turmoil & agricultural collapse in the 1880s & 1890s | |
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| Herdsmen & Hunters | |
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| Pastoralism in pre-colonial Buganda | |
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| Herds & herdsmen in politics & society | |
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| The consumption & utilization of livestock | |
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| Livestock disease in the late nineteenth century | |
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| The economics & culture of hunting in pre-colonial Buganda | |
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| The hunt for ivory | |
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| Hunters of river & lake: the political economy of fishing | |
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| The waters of Ganda history | |
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| Crafts & Craftsmen | |
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| Barkcloth production | |
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| The expansion of the barkcloth economy | |
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| Iron & the state | |
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| Pre-colonial pottery culture | |
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| Summary of Part 1 | |
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| Labour & Liberty: The state & its human resources | |
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| Labour & Taxation | |
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| Taxation in the nineteenth century | |
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| Working for the state: the organization of public labour | |
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| The highways of Buganda | |
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| Mwanga's reign: an abuse of the system | |
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| Slavery | |
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| Acquisition of slaves | |
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| Women & slavery | |
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| Slave hierarchies | |
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| Summary of Part 2 | |
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| Buyers & Sellers: Developments in commerce | |
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| Domestic & Regional Trade | |
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| Local commerce & commodities | |
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| Pre-colonial currencies | |
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| The Growth of Long-Distance Trade | |
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| Beginnings | |
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| Coastal merchants in Buganda | |
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| Commercial change in the late nineteenth century | |
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| Summary of Part 3 | |
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| War & Peace | |
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| The Rise & Decline of Ganda Military Power | |
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| Ethos & motivation | |
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| Military growth before the nineteenth century | |
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| 'Restless warfare': conquest & consolidation under Kamanya | |
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| Stability & decline in the nineteenth century, 1: the reign of Suna | |
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| Stability & decline in the nineteenth century, 2: the reign of Mutesa | |
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| Developments in Organization, Tactics & Weaponry | |
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| Structures & hierarchy | |
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| Structures & tactics | |
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| The new elite: from bodyguard to vanguard | |
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| The tools of war: weaponry & the role of firearms | |
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| Lake Victoria, the Final Frontier | |
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| Canoe construction | |
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| Naval developments c. 1700-c. 1840 | |
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| The growth of naval power from c. 1840 | |
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| 'The helots of Uganda': the Sesse & Ganda naval expansion | |
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| The expansion of ports | |
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| The organization of the fleet | |
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| Summary of Part 4 | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Sources & Bibliography | |
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| Index | |