Beyond the Segmentary State: Creative and Instrumental Power in Western Uganda

Journal of World Prehistory

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 255-269

  Robertshaw, Peter ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bunyoro Kitara; Power; Segmentary state; Uganda

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; POLITICAL HISTORY; POWER RELATIONS; SOVEREIGNTY; STATE;

UGANDA;

HARNESS;

EID: 78649486189     PISSN: 08927537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10963-010-9039-x     Document Type: Article

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