1. Prologue: survey and agenda; 2. Statecraft: external intrusion and local dominion; 3. Ferment: conversion and revolution in Buganda; 4. Upcountry: might-have beens and the Buganda/Uganda outcome; 5. Warbands: new military formations and ground-level imperialism; 6. Paramountcy: Toro, Busoga and the new overlords; 7. Defeat: Kabarega's resistance, Mwanga's revolt and the Sudanese mutiny; 8. Succession: Nkore and the war of Igumira's Eye; 9. Denouement: aggregations and rulerships; 10. Government: colonial settlements and the Buganda model; 11. Capstone: honour, awe and imperialism; 12. Round up and review; Select bibliography.
This book examines how and why the British were able to establish a colonial government in what became known as 'Uganda'.
D. A. Low is Emeritus Smuts Professor of the History of the British Commonwealth, University of Cambridge.
Review of the hardback: 'The appearance of Low's book on the
creation of Uganda is especially welcome, coming as it does at the
end of a distinguished career spent examining empire, its local
impact, and its dismantling in both East Africa and South Asia.'
Journal of African History
Review of the hardback: '… an important and carefully crafted study
of the dynamics of colonial hegemony in eastern Africa.' Journal of
British Studies
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