Kenya :
Gatheru, R. Mugo, 1925-
Kenya : from colonization to independence, 1888-1970 / R. Mugo Gatheru. - Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2005. - viii, 236 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-228) and index.
People 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.
"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.
0786421991 (softcover : alk. paper)
2005010601
Kenya--History.
DT433.557 / .G37 2005
967.62
Kenya : from colonization to independence, 1888-1970 / R. Mugo Gatheru. - Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., 2005. - viii, 236 p. ; ill. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-228) and index.
People 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.
"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.
0786421991 (softcover : alk. paper)
2005010601
Kenya--History.
DT433.557 / .G37 2005
967.62