Uganda: A Modern History
Uganda: A Modern History

Author: Jan Jelmert Jørgensen

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Published: 2023-10-09

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1000984303

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Uganda: A Modern History (1981) provides a comprehensive political, social and economic history of Uganda from the beginnings of colonial rule in 1888. It focuses particularly on the development of the Ugandan economy and demonstrates how the economy became structurally dependent on world capitalism during the colonial period and how this has affected its subsequent development. The book also deals with the political and social tendencies which shaped Ugandan society in both the colonial and postcolonial period. The first four chapters examine the initial colonial occupation and the colonial state’s role in the rural nexus of chiefs, peasants and migrant workers. They also look at the colonial state and the context of the wider national, regional and international economy and analyse the African nationalist response and the formation of political parties to take control of the postcolonial state. The second part of the book considers the political alliances and economic strategies of the Obote regime and the events of Amin’s military regime. The epilogue looks at events since the fall of the Amin regime and suggests ways in which Uganda may be able to tackle its underlying economic problems.

The Colonial Epoch in Africa
The Colonial Epoch in Africa

Author: Gregory Maddox

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-01

Total Pages: 672

ISBN-13: 1351058533

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The articles collected in this study, first published in 1993, concentrates on the transformation and continuities in African societies during the height of the colonial era, and explores the struggles by Africans to find space – socially, politically, or economically – within the confines of colonial rule. This title will be of interest to students of African history and Imperialism.

The Cambridge History of Africa
The Cambridge History of Africa

Author: J. D. Fage

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1975

Total Pages: 1094

ISBN-13: 9780521225052

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This seventh volume in The Cambridge History of Africa examines the period 1905-40 in African history.

Historical Dictionary of Uganda
Historical Dictionary of Uganda

Author: Louise Pirouet

Publisher: Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 600

ISBN-13:

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Uganda has now joined the list of countries covered by Scarecrow Press' series of Historical Dictionaries of Africa. An introductory essay provides an overview of the geography, demography, and economy of one of Africa's most scenically beautiful and diverse countries. The historical section of the introduction outlines Uganda's chequered development as a British protectorate and then deals with its initial post-independence before outlining its tragic decent into chaos and carnage under Presidents Idi Amin and the reinstated Milton Obote. Finally, Pirouet notes the change of political direction under Yoweri Museveni. A chronology follows which locates events that are dealt with more fully in the dictionary proper. The entries in the main section of the dictionary cover places, historical events and movements, important persons and ethnic groups, languages, and political and other movements up to early 1994. This is followed by a lengthy select bibliography arranged under twelve main heads. The introduction to the bibliography provides a brief guide to the main collections of archival material relating to Uganda. One of the fascinations of Ugandan history is the exceptionaly rich documentation relating to the early colonial period, and the unusual amount of high-quality Ugandan language published and archival source material which characterizes this highly literate society.