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Table of contents :
Contents
Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Notes on Spellings and Translation
Regarding the Endnotes
Introduction
Chapter 1. The Half Century Before
Chapter 2. Early Native Administration: Coping with Custom
Chapter 3. Colonial Experiments and Mounting Resentments
Chapter 4. The Wartime Opening
Chapter 5. The Rise of Maasina Rule
Chapter 6. Maasina Rule and the Government
Chapter 7. Suppression and Resistance
Chapter 8. Attrition and Compromise
Chapter 9. Gains and Losses
Abbreviations
Notes
References
Index
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