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Author Parkin, David

Title Neighbours and nationals in an African city ward / David Parkin
Published London : Routledge, [2004]
©1969

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Description 1 online resource (253 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography
Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography. Africa ; XIX
Routledge library editions. Anthropology and ethnography.
Contents 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
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
Notes Originally published in 1969 by Routledge & Kegan Paul
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
Online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 6, 2013)
Subject Tribes -- Uganda -- Kampala
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
Social conditions
Tribes
SUBJECT Kampala (Uganda) -- Social conditions
Subject Uganda -- Kampala
Form Electronic book
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