Culture of Colonialism

T. O. Beidelman is Professor of Anthropology at New York University. He is author of Colonial Evangelism: A Socio-historical Study of an East African Mission at the Grassroots (IUP, 1982); The Moral Imagination in Kaguru Modes of Thought (IUP, 1986); and The Cool Knife: Metaphors of Gender, Sexuality, and Moral Education in Kaguru Initiation Ritual.

• PrefaceIntroduction: Colonialism and AnthropologyPart 1. History1. Kaguru and Colonial History: The Rise and Fall of Indirect RulePart 2. Colonial Life2. Ukaguru 1957–583. The Kaguru Native Authority4. Court Cases: Order and Disorder5. Subversions and Diversions: 1957–586. The World Beyond: Kaguru Marginality in a Plural World, 1957–61Part 3. How It Ended and Where It WentEpilogue: Independence and AfterConclusionAppendicesNotesBibliographyIndex

"Personal and engaged while trying to make sense of a contradictory and exclusionary world."—Ivan Karp, Emory University"Although the Kaguru have been a backwater in world affairs, Beidelman's extensive contributions have made them a major subject of African studies. An important addition to understanding the local and global in anthropology. . . . Highly recommended."—Choice"We are fortunate to have this book. Not only is it a very useful addition to colonial studies, but it also demonstrates the value of decades of teaching and writing in assessing the centuries-long trajectory of political institutions in one area of Tanzania."—Journal of African History"This volume is a handsome addition to Beidelman's scholarship and serves as a valuable resource for scholars and students of colonialism, anthropology, political science, and African history."—American Ethnologist"Spring 2014"—Journal of Interdisciplinary History