4. Emulating the Chieftains: Patronage in the Spiritan Missions of Uzigua

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents VII
3. Illustrations IX
4. Abbreviations XI
5. Acknowledgments XIII
6. Introduction 1
7. Part I. Environment and Economy in Late–Precolonial Uzigua
8. 1. Agronomy and Trade 15
9. 2. Cattle, Control of Bovine Disease, and Patronage 29
10. Part II. The Politics of Patronage in the Late-Precolonial Chieftaincies
11. 3. Merchant Capital and the Chieftains 45
12. 4. Emulating the Chieftains: Patronage in the Spiritan Missions of Uzigua 60
13. 5. Ambition and Obligation in Late-Precolonial Politics 70
14. Part III. Famine, Disease, and the Decline of Patrons Under German Colonial Rule
15. 6. The Colonial Economy and Its Impact on Patrons and Dependents 85
16. 7. Colonialism, Infanticide, and the Destruction of Precolonial Political Authority 102
17. 8. Colonialism, Famine, and Epizootic, 1884–1914 121
18. Part IV. British Administration, Obstacles to Peasant Production, and Ecological Crisis
19. 9. Indirect Rule and Peasant Production in Uzigua 135
20. 10. Famine, Depopulation and Epizootic, 1916—1940 153
21. Conclusion: Historical Interpretation and Ujamaa in Handeni District 177
22. Sources 185
23. Index 205