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LEADER: 01843cam 2200253 a 4500
001 2005010601
003 DLC
005 20050829091252.0
008 050415s2005 ncua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2005010601
020 $a0786421991 (softcover : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
043 $af-ke---
050 00 $aDT433.557$b.G37 2005
082 00 $a967.62$222
100 1 $aGatheru, R. Mugo,$d1925-
245 10 $aKenya :$bfrom colonization to independence, 1888-1970 /$cR. Mugo Gatheru.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$c2005.
300 $a236 p. :$bill. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"Beginning with the advent of Europeans in the late 1800s, this volume presents Kenya as a land of contrasts--in geography as well as people. Gatheru discusses the viewpoint of the Kenyan people, enumerating the events and attitudes which led to the eventual eruption of violence"--Provided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 221-228) and index.
505 0 $aPeople of Kenya -- The birth of mistrust -- Mistrust flourishes -- Death wish exploited -- The African response -- The Kikuyu Association-enter Kenyatta -- Closer union versus African paramountcy -- Intercultural relations, part I -- Intercultural relations, part II -- The North Nyanza gold fields -- The Kenya Land Commission, part I -- The Kenya Land Commission, part II -- "Star chamber" legislation -- Tyranny over the African labor force -- The crisis -- Kenyatta returns to Kenya -- What was Mau Mau? -- The psychology of the oath -- The supremacy of settler politics ends -- The turning point-enter MacLeod -- Education as a necessary tool for independence -- Independence -- Kenya and East African economic integration.
651 0 $aKenya$xHistory.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0511/2005010601.html