Book

The political kingdom in Uganda: a study in bureaucratic nationalism

Princeton University PressPrinceton, New JerseyPublished In 1967 • Pages:

By: Apter, David Ernest.

AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this book, Apter, a political scientist, analyzes the political structure of Buganda from an historical vantage. Apter characterizes Buganda as a 'modernizing autocracy' and proceeds to explore the influences of such an authority system on the processes of innovation and change. After a brief description of the social, economic and religious background of Buganda, the author traces the history of British administration in Uganda and the evolution of Buganda's political development under British rule. Although the main focus of the book centers on Buganda, there is much relevant information on Uganda.
SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
History
Community heads
Government institutions
Political behavior
cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
Ganda
HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
1998
RegionThe area the document pertains to
Africa
Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
Eastern Africa
Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
Book
Evaluation
Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
Political Scientist
Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
Helen Gunsher Bornstein ; John Beierle ; 1972-1973
Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
1955-1956
Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
1844-1960
Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
Uganda
NotesAdditional notes
By David E. Apter
Includes bibliographical references
LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
67018831
LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
Ganda (African people)