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  • Image 1 of Uganda : a country study area handbook series Uganda a country study
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
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    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
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    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
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    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 5 of Uganda : a country study Uganda a country study Federal Research Division Library of Congress Edited by Rita M Byrnes Research Completed December 1990
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 6 of Uganda : a country study On the cover A crested crane the national symbol Second Edition First Printing 1992 Library of Congress CataloginginPublication Data Uganda a country study Federal Research Division Library of Congress edited by Rita…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 7 of Uganda : a country study Foreword This volume is one in a continuing series of books prepared by the Federal Research Division of the Library of Congress under the Country Studies Area Handbook Program sponsored by the…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
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    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 9 of Uganda : a country study Acknowledgments The authors would like to acknowledge the contributions of Al lison Butler Herrick Saone Baron Crocker Sidney A Harrison Howard J John Susan R MacKnight and Richard F Nyrop who wrote…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
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    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 11 of Uganda : a country study Contents Page Foreword iii Acknowledgments v Preface xi Country Profile xiii Introduction xxi Chapter 1 Historical Setting 1 John A Rowe HISTORICAL LEGACIES AND SOCIAL DIVISIONS 4 UGANDA BEFORE 1900 5 Early…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 12 of Uganda : a country study Western Nilotic Language Groups 66 Central Sudanic Language Groups 68 Foreigners 69 RELIGION 70 World Religions 72 Local Religions 74 Millenarian Religions 76 SOCIAL CHANGE 77 WOMEN IN SOCIETY 81 EDUCATION 83…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 13 of Uganda : a country study Currency and Inflation 136 FOREIGN TRADE AND ASSISTANCE 137 Foreign Trade 137 Balance of Payments 140 External Debt 141 Aid 142 Regional Cooperation 143 Chapter 4 Government and Politics 145 Nelson Kasfir…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 14 of Uganda : a country study The Second Obote Regime Repression Continues 204 The Rise of the National Resistance Army 206 THE ARMED FORCES IN SOCIETY 210 Constitutional Authority 211 Defense Spending 211 Military Strength 212 Military Service…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 15 of Uganda : a country study Preface Like its predecessor this study is an attempt to treat in a con cise and objective manner the dominant social political economic and military aspects of contemporary Uganda Sources of infor…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
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    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 17 of Uganda : a country study Country Profile Country Formal Name Republic of Uganda Short Form Uganda Term for Citizens Ugandans Capital Kampala Date of Independence October 9 1962 from Britain Geography Size 241139 square kilometers including 44000…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 18 of Uganda : a country study and west Highest peak of Mount Stanley is Margherita 5113 meters Approximately onehalf of Lake Victoria 10200 square kilometers lies within Uganda and is source of Nile River Climate Equatorial climate moderated…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 19 of Uganda : a country study Economy Gross Domestic Product GDP USh9956 billion or about US49 billion in FY 1989 per capita income USh607112 or about US304 About 44 percent of GDP originates outside monetary economy Currency Uganda…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 20 of Uganda : a country study Railroads Total of 1240 kilometers in state of severe disrepair Chief transport link with Indian Ocean ports Rehabilitation under way in late 1980s Civil Aviation Five airports with paved runways major one…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 21 of Uganda : a country study Defense Spending About USh69 billion or US4068 million in FY 1989 Consumes 35 percent or more of national budget Military Organization Information on organization and com position not officially available Combat units…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
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    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
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    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 24 of Uganda : a country study Figure 2 Locally Recognized Administrative Divisions 1990 xx
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
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    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 26 of Uganda : a country study Uganda had been brought into the world economic system gradu ally over the centuries first through trade in ivory and later through trade in slaves and agricultural products In the early twentieth…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 27 of Uganda : a country study establishing a peaceful and secure environment was his highest pri ority as president For this goal Museveni had strong popular backing The NRA s hastily formed political arm the National Resistance Movement…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 28 of Uganda : a country study 30000 villages elected RCs for their villages and indirect elections were held for RC members at the parish subcounty county and district levels Partisan campaigning and explicitly soliciting votes were legally prohibited…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 29 of Uganda : a country study Relations with Kenya had been strained primarily because of con tinuing clashes along their common border Most of the attacks were provoked by banditry and crossborder skirmishes among iso lated groups of…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 30 of Uganda : a country study environment Foreign assistance also continued to play a signifi cant role in economic growth Inflation fell from tripledigit levels to about 25 percent in 1990 but rose to 38 percent in 1991…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 31 of Uganda : a country study that had been expropriated during the 1970s and negotiating com pensation in a few other cases The government announced that it would privatize at least in part 100 of the country s…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 32 of Uganda : a country study erode public confidence The government s commitment to eco nomic development provided hope of improved living standards but the combined economic and security problems along with the effects of two decades of…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 33 of Uganda : a country study Chapter 1 Historical Setting
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 34 of Uganda : a country study The baobab tree ancient symbol of the African plains
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 35 of Uganda : a country study UGANDA WAS ONE of the lesserknown African countries un til the 1970s when Idi Amin Dada rose to the presidency His bi zarre public pronouncements ranging from gratuitous advice for Richard Nixon…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 36 of Uganda : a country study Uganda A Country Study into chaos and misrule immediately after independence Uganda s first few years of selfrule saw a series of successful development projects The new government built many new schools…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 37 of Uganda : a country study Historical Setting sometimes despotic rule of the ancient African kingdoms and the kinshipbased politics of recent times which were characterized by a greater sense of equality and participation Furthermore there was a…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 38 of Uganda : a country study Uganda A Country Study reliable rainfall in the Lake Victoria Basin made it attractive to African cultivators and herders as early as the fourth century BC Core samples from the bottom of…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 39 of Uganda : a country study Historical Setting of cultures they may have acquired the ideas and symbols of po litical chiefship from the Bantu speakers to whom they could offer military protection A system of patronclient relationships…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01
  • Image 40 of Uganda : a country study Uganda A Country Study north and west It became a refuge area however for those who wished to escape rule by Bunyoro or for factions within Bunyoro who were defeated in contests…
    • Contributor: Byrnes, Rita M. - Library of Congress. Federal Research Division - Thomas Leiper Kane Collection (Library of Congress. Hebraic Section)
    • Date: 1992-01-01