essay
The changing economic structure of Buganda
King's men : leadership and status in Buganda on the eve of independence • London • Published In 1964 • Pages: 16-63
By: Wrigley, C. C..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This is a study of changes in the distribution of wealth in Buganda from before the establishment of British rule in 1900 up to the 1950s. Buganda of the 1800s was a predatory state based on a secure and stable form of agriculture. Power, honor, and wealth were derived from military exploits and not from the land. Beginning in 1870s, the importation of guns created a new elite corps of fusiliers drawn largely from among the palace pages. In 1888 a Protestant faction of the new elite caried out a coup d'etate and afterwards became the agents of British rule. The construction of the railway to the coast and the introduction of cotton and coffee changed agriculture into a profitable business, which after 1925 was largely based on small family farms, tenancy and immigrant labor. Successful famers come from all classes: gentry, peasants and merchants, however political office continued to hold the greatest status and prestige.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Real property
- Accumulation of wealth
- Territorial hierarchy
- Form and rules of government
- External relations
- Military organization
- 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
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social 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
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Ian Skoggard ; 1997
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- unknown
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1800-1955
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Uganda
- NotesAdditional notes
- C. C. Wrigley
- Includes bibliographical references
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 64002741
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Ganda (African people)