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Carney, J. J.

Rwanda before the genocide : Catholic politics and ethnic discourse in the late colonial era / Catholic politics and ethnic discourse in the late colonial era J.J. Carney. - Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014 - xi, 343 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-336) and index.

Contested categories: a brief history of "Hutu" and "Tutsi" -- Building a Catholic kingdom in central Africa, 1900-1950 -- Success breeds restlessness, 1950-1955 -- The irruption of Hutu-Tutsi tensions, 1956-1959 -- The Catholic church & political revolution in Rwanda, 1959-1962 -- The Catholic church & postcolonial ethnic violence -- Epilogue: lessons from Rwanda.

ISBN: 9780199982271 (cloth : alk. paper)

LCCN: 2013006147

Subjects--Corporate Names:
Catholic Church--History.--Rwanda

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hutu (African people)--Rwanda.
Tutsi (African people)--Rwanda.
Church and state--History.--Rwanda

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Rwanda--History--To 1962.
Rwanda--Ethnic relations--History.
Rwanda--Social conditions.
Rwanda--Church history.

LC Class. No.: DT450.28 / .C37 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 967.57103 / CAR