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Author:
Githuku, Nicholas K. (Nicholas Kariuki), author. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2015113163
Title:
Mau Mau crucible of war : statehood, national identity, and politics of postcolonial Kenya / Nicholas K. Githuku.
Publisher:
Lexington Books,
Copyright Date:
2016
Description:
xviii, 555 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subject:
Mau Mau Emergency (Kenya : 1952-1960)
Postcolonialism--Kenya.
Decolonization--Kenya.
Nationalism--Kenya.
Colonial influence.
Decolonization.
Nationalism.
Politics and government.
Postcolonialism.
Kenya--History--Mau Mau Emergency, 1952-1960.
Kenya--Colonial influence.
Kenya--Politics and government.
Kenya.
1952 - 1960
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 495-521) and index.
Contents:
The long Kenyan century : a people's elusive quest for "the good life." Foreword / by Robert M. Maxon -- Inside the Mau Mau mind : "Returning the imperial" gaze in centennial perspective -- White man's country : the colonial foundations and legal architecture of the Kenyan state -- Colonial rupture : African experiential anxiety of transformation in time, space and place, 1900-1951 -- 52 minds on Kenya's destiny : the view from "the above" -- Drudgery in Pyrrhic victory : whither the fruits of independence? -- "Matigari ma Njirungi" : bifurcation, atomization and survival of the mentaliteĢ of struggle -- "Bado Mapambano," solidarity forever : latter-day travails of critical publics -- The long Kenyan century : a people's elusive quest for "the good life."
ISBN:
1498506984
9781498506984
OCLC:
(OCoLC)936410430
Locations:
OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

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