The Politics of Environmental Control in Northeastern Tanzania, 1840-1940 Book

	List of Illustrations
	List of Abbreviations
	Acknowledgments
	Introduction	1
Pt. I	Environment and Economy in Late-Precolonial Uzigua	13
1	Agronomy and Trade	15
2	Cattle, Control of Bovine Disease, and Patronage	29
Pt. II	The Politics of Patronage in the Late-Precolonial Chieftaincies	43
3	Merchant Capital and the Chieftains	45
4	Emulating the Chieftains: Patronage in the Spiritan Missions of Uzigua	60
5	Ambition and Obligation in Late-Precolonial Politics	70
Pt. III	Famine, Disease, and the Decline of Patrons Under German Colonial Rule	83
6	The Colonial Economy and Its Impact on Patrons and Dependents	85
7	Colonialism, Infanticide and the Destruction of Precolonial Political Authority	102
8	Colonialism, Famine, and Epizootic, 1884-1914	121
Pt. IV	British Administration, Obstacles to Peasant Production, and Ecological Crisis	133
9	Indirect Rule and Peasant Production in Uzigua	135
10	Famine, Depopulation, and Epizootic, 1916-1940	153
	Conclusion: Historical Interpretation and Ujamaa in Handeni District	177
	Sources	185
	Index	205