Lunda Under Belgian Rule : : The Politics of Ethnicity / / Edouard Bustin.

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• VerfasserIn: Bustin, Edouard,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]; ©1975
• Year of Publication: 2013
• Edition: Reprint 2013
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (303 p.) :; 3 maps, 18 tables

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.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Tables -- Maps -- Abbreviations -- 1 Cultural Diffusion and Political Expansion: The Growth and Decline of the Lunda State -- 2 The European Penetration and Partition of Lunda -- 3 The Consolidation of Belgian Rule: Initial Patterns of “Native Administration” (1891-1918) -- 4 Prelude to Dismemberment: Administrative Rationality and the Policy of “Ethnic Autonomy” (1919 - 1932) -- 5 Stagnation and Change: The Depression and the Crisis of Colonial Administration -- 6 Out of the Depression and through the War: The Bureaucratizing of the Chieftaincy -- 7 From Tribalism to Ethnicity: The Growth of Lunda and Cokwe National Sentiments -- 8 Decolonization, Secession, Reunification: The Lunda and Cokwe Through the Congo Crisis -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index