Colonial Kenya observed : British rule, Mau Mau and the wind of change / S. H. Fazan; edited and with a foreword by John Lonsdale.
Material type: TextPublisher: London : I.B. Tauris, 2015Description: 1 online resource (331 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraitsContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780857737847 (e-book)Subject(s): Mau Mau -- History | Kenya -- Politics and government -- To 1963 | Great Britain -- Colonies -- Africa -- Administration | Kenya -- History -- Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Colonial Kenya observed : British rule, Mau Mau and the wind of change.DDC classification: 967.62/03 LOC classification: DT433.57 | .F39 2015Online resources: Click to ViewCompleted 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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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2016. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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