R. Mugo Gatheru: Kenya | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780786421992 | Kenya | From Colonization to Independence, 1888-1970 | R. Mugo Gatheru

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Beschreibung

This book relates a series of events leading from Kenya's colonization through its emergence as an independent country. Beginning with the advent of Europeans in the late 1800s, it presents Kenya as a land of contrasts--in geography as well as people. Home to Arabs, Indians and Europeans as well as various African tribes, Kenya experienced strife throughout its colonial history. Gatheru discusses the viewpoint of the Kenyan people, enumerating the events and attitudes that led to the eruption of violence. Covered in particular are the economic, political and social policies Britain established toward its colonials. The role of Kenyan reform leaders such as Harry Thuku and Jomo Kenyatta in the country's struggle for independence is also examined.
Although Gatheru is quick to establish that Britain's original intentions were admirable, he reveals how the Mau Mau rebellion, which began in 1952, was the ultimate culmination of sixty years of increasingly destructive British policies. The closing chapters of the book deal with the granting of Kenyan independence in 1963, the aftermath of independence, and the plans of Kenya's newborn government for dealing with the issues of labor, agriculture and land ownership.

Über den Autor

The late R. Mugo Gatheru taught African and Middle Eastern history at California State University in Sacramento. He lived in Rancho Cordova, California.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction

1. People of Kenya

2. The Birth of Mistrust

3. Mistrust Flourishes

4. Death Wish Exploited

5. The African Response

6. The Kikuyu Central Association-Enter Kenyatta

7. Closer Union Versus African Paramountcy

8. Intercultural Relations, Part I

9. Intercultural Relations, Part II

10. The North Nyanza Gold Fields

11. The Kenya Land Commission, Part I

12. The Kenya Land Commission, Part II

13. "Star Chamber" Legislation

14. Tyranny Over the African Labor Force

15. The Crisis

16. Kenyatta Returns to Kenya

17. What Was Mau Mau?

18. The Psychology of the Oath

19. The Supremacy of Settler Politics Ends

20. The Turning Point-Enter MacLeod

21. Education as a Necessary Tool for Independence

22. Independence

23. Kenya and East African Economic Integration

24. Postscript

Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Details

Empfohlen (von):	18
Erscheinungsjahr:	2005
Genre:	Geschichte , Importe
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780786421992
ISBN-10:	0786421991
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Gatheru, R. Mugo
Hersteller:	McFarland
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	229 x 152 x 15 mm
Von/Mit:	R. Mugo Gatheru
Erscheinungsdatum:	14.06.2005
Gewicht:	0,405 kg