Economic & Social Origins Mau Mau: Eastern African Studies [Paperback]

David Throup (Author)

Book Description

Series: Eastern African Studies | Publication Date: November 16, 1987

This story of Kenya in the decade before the outbreak of the Mau Mau emergency presents an integrated view of imperial government as well as examining the social and economic causes of the Kikuyu revolt. The author combines traditional imperial history with its emphasis on the high politics of 'the official mind' in the Colonial Office or Government House with an African historiography which concentrates on the people themselves. Under Kenyatta's leadership the Kenya African Union mobilised a popular constiuency among the peasantry. In Nairobi the Kikuyu street gangs linked up with militant trade unionists to challenge Kenyatta's leadership. The revolt which emerged was a dominant factor in convincing the conservative imperial government that the cost of repression in the African colonies was too high in troops, money and resources. North America: Ohio U Press; Kenya: EAEP

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Review

...immaculately researched, well-written and utterly persuasive. - Richard Rathbone in THE TIMES HIGHER EDUCATIONAL SUPPLEMENT This is the first full-length study of Kenya's post-war crisis, the seed-bed of Mau Mau. The scholarship is encyclopaedic, the writing sharp and the analysis clear. What we have is a tragedy in the classic sense, with passionate visions of the future held by rulers and people locked in a conflict which could only be resolved by violence. - John Lonsdale, Trinity College, Cambridge --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Ohio University Press; 1 edition (November 16, 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0821408844
• ISBN-13: 978-0821408841
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 15.7 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,129,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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