1st Edition

Uganda: A Modern History

By Jan Jelmert Jørgensen Copyright 1981
384 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
by Routledge

384 Pages
by Routledge

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... Read more

1. Transformation into Dependence, 1888–1922  2. The Colonial State in the Rural Nexus: Chiefs, Peasants and Migrant Labour  3. The Colonial State in the Wider Economy: Changing Constraints and Priorities  4. The Struggle for Control of the Postcolonial State: Political Movements and Parties, 1938–62  5. The Political Economy of the Obote Regime, 1962–71  6. The Amin Regime, 1971–9

Biography

Jan Jelmert Jørgensen