Mpangala, Gaudens Philip2016-03-302020-01-072016-03-302020-01-071976Mpangala, G. P. (1976) A history of colonial production in the Songea district, Tanzania , 1897-1961, Masters dissertation, University of Dar es Salaam. Available at http://41.86.178.3/internetserver3.1.2/detail.aspx?parentpriref=http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/931This thesis is divided into three main parts, notably introduction, chapter one to four, and a conclusion. Introduction deals with three main aspects. First it shows how this study is attempting to make a departure as well as an improvement from the existing studies on the Songea District. Secondly it defines the basic problems of the study, that is the problem of colonial penetration, the problem of colonial production and the problem of social and political changes consequent to colonial production. Lastly it reveals that the study makes use of political economy as a tool of analysis based on the contemporary theories of underdevelopment. Chapter one provides a necessary background to the whole study. It therefore dwells on the aspect of pre-colonial social formations. It be ins by examining socio-economic developments taking place before the coming of Wangoni in the middle of the 19th century and then proceeds to show how the coming of Wangoni accelerated those developments, thus giving rise to rapid growth of feudal social and political institutions.Chapter two examines developments in the structures of colonial economy in the district. The structures include labour migration, food-crop production, and peasant and settler cash-crop production. Such structures /economy resulted into growth and non-growth features of colonial/economy in the district. The chapter further shows that growth of these structures had to be preceded by, or in some cases, had to take place concurrently with colonial penetration and establishment of colonial political control. The third and last chapters show how the process of colonial production resulted into the growth of social structures accompanied by the rise of social differentiation, thus giving rise to embryonic processes of class formation. Grievances emerging out of the social structures, due to contradictions inherent in colonial production, provided the basis in the struggle for national independence. The conclusion briefly examines post-independence colonial legacies. In particular are the legacies of inherited colonial social and economic structures and the colonial methods of economic planning. It therefore ends up by giving suggestions on how to combat such legacies in order to establish a sound economic development in the district.enTanzaniaSongea districtHistoryEconomic conditions1945-1990Thesis