Colonial Kenya observed : British rule, Mau Mau and the wind of change / S. H. Fazan; edited and with a foreword by John Lonsdale.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : I.B. Tauris, 2015Description: 1 online resource (331 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraitsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780857737847 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Colonial Kenya observed : British rule, Mau Mau and the wind of change.DDC classification:
  • 967.62/03 23
LOC classification:
  • DT433.57 .F39 2015eb
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Contents:
Part 1. British East Africa. Historical background -- Early days of the Protectorate -- First impressions -- Races and migrations -- The First World War. -- Part 2. The Colony during the inter-war years. The coast -- Principal events and politics -- Changes. -- Part 3. Government in the African lands. The field administration -- African authorities. -- Part 4. Land. Agrarian problems of the African lands -- The white highlands. -- Part 5. The later colonial period. The Second World War -- Post-war settlement and Kikuyu politics -- The Mau Mau revolt -- Economic development. -- Part 6. Towards independence. The Lancaster House Conference and the end of the colony -- The wind of change. Appendix 1: Policy and theory -- Appendix 2: African laws and customs -- Appendix 3: An economic survey of the Kikuyu reserves.
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Completed in 1969; not previously published.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-351) and index.

Part 1. British East Africa. Historical background -- Early days of the Protectorate -- First impressions -- Races and migrations -- The First World War. -- Part 2. The Colony during the inter-war years. The coast -- Principal events and politics -- Changes. -- Part 3. Government in the African lands. The field administration -- African authorities. -- Part 4. Land. Agrarian problems of the African lands -- The white highlands. -- Part 5. The later colonial period. The Second World War -- Post-war settlement and Kikuyu politics -- The Mau Mau revolt -- Economic development. -- Part 6. Towards independence. The Lancaster House Conference and the end of the colony -- The wind of change. Appendix 1: Policy and theory -- Appendix 2: African laws and customs -- Appendix 3: An economic survey of the Kikuyu reserves.

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