Clan Leaders and Colonial Chiefs in Lango The Political History of an East African Stateless Society c. 1800-1939

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The political history of an East African stateless society c.1800-1939.

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List of Maps	p. xiv
A Note on Lango Orthography	p. xv
Abbreviations	p. xvi
Introduction: Stateless Societies and the Historian in Africa	p. 1
Environment, Economy, and Settlement: The Formation of a Lango Identity	p. 17
Social Groups in Nineteenth-Century Lango	p. 35
Pre-Colonial Clan Leadership	p. 64
The Zenith and Collapse of Regional Leadership	p. 88
The Politics of Pacification	p. 110
The Formation of a Chiefly Hierarchy	p. 150
Power and Patronage in the Colonial Bureaucracy	p. 181
The System Scrutinized	p. 219
Conclusion	p. 241
Appendices
The Origins of the Langi	p. 251
The Organization and Conduct of Fieldwork in Lango District	p. 260
Two Oral Testimonies	p. 265
Oral Sources	p. 275
Bibliography	p. 276
Index	p. 287
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