Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Fig. 1 Kampala City: main urban area and suburbs
- Fig. 2 The EARH Housing Estate at Nsambya and immediate environs
- Introduction
- 1 The social and economic framework
- 2 The railway community in East Africa and at Kampala
- 3 Towards an African proletariat?
- 4 Social relationships and the industrial framework
- 5 Status, reputation and class
- 6 Social mobility: strategies for success and responses to failure
- 7 Urban associations and competition for status
- Conclusion
- Appendixes
- Notes
- List of references
- Index
List of tables
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 August 2010
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- List of abbreviations
- Fig. 1 Kampala City: main urban area and suburbs
- Fig. 2 The EARH Housing Estate at Nsambya and immediate environs
- Introduction
- 1 The social and economic framework
- 2 The railway community in East Africa and at Kampala
- 3 Towards an African proletariat?
- 4 Social relationships and the industrial framework
- 5 Status, reputation and class
- 6 Social mobility: strategies for success and responses to failure
- 7 Urban associations and competition for status
- Conclusion
- Appendixes
- Notes
- List of references
- Index
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- African RailwaymenSolidarity and Opposition in an East African Labour Force, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1974