The Cohesion of Oppression: Clientship and Ethnicity in Rwanda, 1860-1960

Revolutions are often seen in terms of a spontaneous burst of intense political activity; less attention usually is given to the structures, processes, and perceptions that make such activity possible. This innovative book examines such long-term transformations as they relate to the revolution in the Central African nation of Rwanda, which culminated in its independence in July 1962.

While much of the previous work on Rwanda has focused on the royal court and central state institutions, Th...