Lunda Under Belgian Rule: The Politics of Ethnicity

Edouard Bustin

Published by Harvard University Press 1975

Lunda Under Belgian Rule

The Politics of Ethnicity

Edouard Bustin

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674731875

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Bustin performs an ambitious task of social analysis in this inquiry into the workings and effects of alien rule upon an African state. He takes the historically important African kingdom of Lunda through the phase of state formation, its incapsulation within the colonial system, and incorporation into the politics of independence.

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Africanists will welcome this unique in-depth regional study of sociopolitical change. The author performs an ambitious task of social analysis in this inquiry into the workings and effects of alien rule upon an African state. He takes the historically important African kingdom of Lunda through the phase of state formation, its incapsulation within the colonial system, and incorporation into the politics of independence.

The study draws upon the work of historians, anthropologists, and political scientists, as well as the writings of administrators and missionaries. It effectively relates past to present and provides a careful exploration of the sheer complexity of colonial policy in the field.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	v
Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xiii
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Tables Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvi
Maps Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xvii
Abbreviations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xx
1 Cultural Diffusion and Political Expansion: The Growth and Decline of the Lunda State Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2 The European Penetration and Partition of Lunda Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	20
3 The Consolidation of Belgian Rule: Initial Patterns of “Native Administration” (1891-1918) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
4 Prelude to Dismemberment: Administrative Rationality and the Policy of “Ethnic Autonomy” (1919 - 1932) Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	65
5 Stagnation and Change: The Depression and the Crisis of Colonial Administration Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	100
6 Out of the Depression and through the War: The Bureaucratizing of the Chieftaincy Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	133
7 From Tribalism to Ethnicity: The Growth of Lunda and Cokwe National Sentiments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
8 Decolonization, Secession, Reunification: The Lunda and Cokwe Through the Congo Crisis Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
9 Conclusion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
Appendix Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	243
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	245
Bibliography Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	293

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Copyright year: 1975
Edition: Reprint 2013
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Front matter: 14
- Main content: 303
Illustrations
- Tables: 18
- Other: 3 maps, 18 tables
Keywords: POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General; HISTORY / Modern / 19th Century; HISTORY / General; Northern Lunda (African people); Katanga (Congo) -- Politics and government.

eBook

Published: October 1, 2013
ISBN: 9780674731875

Hardcover

Published: February 5, 1975
ISBN: 9780674731868